National Minimum Wage Bill

Minimum wage: Over 360 employers want out

Article Sarah Smit - 24 Jun 2019

Last week President Cyril Ramaphosa revealed in his Sona that a ‘number of companies have applied for exemptions’ from the R20 an hour minimum wage

Ramaphosa: ‘Historic’ minimum wage to come into effect on January 1 2019

Article Tehillah Nieselow - 7 Dec 2018

Ramaphosa signed four bills into law in late November to give effect to a R3 500 monthly national minimum wage for most categories of workers.

Bombshell plan to lay off 30 000 public servants

Article Dineo Bendile, Paddy Harper & Govan Whittles - 10 Aug 2018

The move is in line with a reconfiguration process to drastically cut the state's wage bill

Saftu: Working Class Summit to counter partisan trade unionism

Article Sarah Smit - 16 Jul 2018

The federation wants to bring together trade unions and civil society to fight the capitalist class

R20/hour a step closer for workers

Article Sarah Smit - 1 Jun 2018

The new green-lit labour laws include a provision for unions to decide on strikes by secret ballot

EFF spurns minimum wage in National Assembly debate

Article Sarah Smit - 29 May 2018

Labour minister, however, calls the approval of the National Minimum Wage Bill ‘a milestone’

National Assembly’s approval of Minimum Wage Bill a milestone — Oliphant

Article Lameez Omarjee - 29 May 2018

Minister Oliphant says it is a reminder that democracy is alive and real in South Africa

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