AGRICULTURAL NEWS - Jahni de Villiers, Agri SA’s labour division head, said that the current rate was just under R16 per hour.
South Africa’s overall NMW would be R20/hour, or about R160/day.
However, farmworkers, domestic workers and Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) employees would be exempted for the first two years.
Thereafter, they would receive the full NMW.
From 1 May, the NMW for farmworkers would be 90% of R20/hour (R18/hour); for domestic workers, 75% of R20/hour (R15/hour); and for EPWP workers, 55% of R20/hour (R11/hour).
She said that the sector, which was aware of the NMW legislation, would have been on par with the full NMW by 2020 in any case.
