Tag: minimum wage

Protests in the citrus-growing Sundays River Valley have turned violent several days ago and are yet to be resolved. Journalists in the field report that protesters will continue their shutdown ...

ICYMI: The cost of a standardised household food basket dropped slightly in February, but the rise in food prices continues. Workers earning the minimum wage and children living off government ...

Today is your last chance to give input about the proposed hike in the national minimum wage, which will benefit the lowest-paid farmworkers. And a Free State school is receiving ...

Can farming businesses afford a wage increase in 2022? Can farmworkers afford basic living on R1.31 more per hour? The annual minimum wage increase in Mzansi has once again sparked ...

A dispute about a cleaning project at the Philippi Horticultural Area has broken out between a few dozen workers and Stellenbosch University’s Water Institute last week. The university says funding ...

The poorest of the poor are going to suffer, insists farmers who have implemented the new minimum wage for farmworkers. Many fear that the new wage might eventually force them ...

Eight out of every ten farmers surveyed by Agri SA foresee laying off workers to keep within their wages budget. Labour costs are set to increase drastically over farmers’ turnover ...

While the National Minimum Wage Commission believes the earnings of farm workers as the lowest-paid labourers should be adjusted, TLU SA now calls on government to completely set aside the ...