The new minimum wages will come into effect from 1 March 2018.
The minimum wage will increase to R3,169.19 per month, up from the R3,001.13 in 2017/18.
The weekly minimum wage will be R731.41.
The daily minimum wage for these employees will be R146.28 and the hourly minimum wage will be R16.25 an increase from R15.39 in 2017/18.
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