South Africa to get minimum wage for first time

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By Milton Nkosi

BBC Africa, Johannesburg
South Africa is to introduce a new national minimum wage for the first time from May 2018.
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa told a media briefing in parliament the rates would be:
  • 3,500 rand ($261, £209) a month for a 40-hour week
  • 3,900 rand ($290, £232) a month for a 45-hour week.
Businesses that cannot afford the rate will have to apply for exemption which would last for a year.
Mr Ramaphosa said it was going “to be a massive task”:
We do not want to see factory closures. There will be a number of mitigating factors to be implemented so that we do not have job losses. We believe we have created a balance – it is not a living wage but it will lift 6.6 million people."
The government believes this agreement with unions will limit protracted wage strikes which end up in violence and a breakdown of law and order including damage to property.

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