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The new hourly national minimum wage is R28.79 per hour for all workers except EPWP workers who only get R15.83 per hour.

Both of these wages are poverty wages! The law sets only an hourly rate. The law does not give workers a monthly minimum wage. Many labour broker workers and contract workers are working only about 10 hours per week. They are not given 40 hours work every week.

In other words, there is no monthly minimum wage. There is only an hourly minimum of R28.79. What use is a low hourly wage if you don’t even get a full week or full month at work?

While we fight for a living wage, we must also organise against bosses who refuse even to pay the Minimum hourly wage. Act against bosses who don’t pay R28.79 p/hour!! If the boss refuses to pay you the new national minimum wage, report them to the Department of Labour or CCMA.

Ask your trade union or your local advice office to help you get the national minimum wage, or phone CWAO on 082 812 1934.

You can also WhatsApp us on the same number to speak to a CWAO organiser.

Category: CAMPAIGN | MINIMUM WAGE