Cape Town – Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi has announced an increase in the national minimum wage (NMW) from R25.42 to R27.58 per ordinary hour worked.
The new rate will be effective from March 1, 2024, the department said in a statement.
The determination also covers vulnerable sectors such as farm workers and domestic workers, aligning their rates with the NMW since 2022.
“The National Minimum Wage determination also includes the vulnerable sectors of farm workers and the domestic workers – whom since 2022 were aligned with the NMW rates.
“However, the workers employed on an expanded public works programme are entitled to a minimum wage of R15,16 per hour [up] from R13,97. Workers who have concluded learnership agreements contemplated in section 17 of the Skills Development Act, 1998, are entitled to the allowances as determined in the latest government schedule,” said the department.
The NMW, applicable to all workers except certain groups, sets the minimum remuneration employers must legally pay.
Violations are subject to fines, and the NMW was first implemented in 2019 at R20 per hour.
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Compiled by Betha Madhomu
