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Cape Town - South Africa will formally adopt a national minimum wage of R20.00 per hour on Worker’s Day next year. There are questions as to whether this is enough to be termed a victory for the country’s working poor.
The challenge is that it won’t take into account the different conditions under which businesses operate, according to industry views. They believed this will some sectors experiencing more stress from a minimum wage than others, leading to unintended consequences.
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Fin24 asked both Twitter users and Facebook community what R20 per hour minimum wage means to them and they had mixed feelings about it.
What do you think of the R20 per hour #minimumwage to be implemented in 2018?
— Fin24 (@Fin24) April 28, 2017
@Fin24 R20 per hour? Slavery wage continues. #minimumwage.
— Invictus (@ThulaniTwala) April 28, 2017
@Fin24 R20 an hour might seem unfair to many people. But R20 an hour is better than nothing at all. For starving families R20 is great!
— Lappies (@lappies111) April 28, 2017
@Fin24 More people wil be made legally unemployable. SA simply cannot afford this to go on.
— SterkerJaBeter (@SterkerJABeter) April 28, 2017
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