Cosatu in Gauteng says it will use Workers’ Day on Tuesday to address the issue of the national minimum wage. The biggest labour federation in the country will hold 14 rallies across the country.
President Cyril Ramaphosa will address the main event in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape. The labour federation’s Gauteng secretary Dumisani Dakile says the national minimum wage is an achievement worth celebrating, as it will uplift many workers out of poverty.
Meanwhile, Cosatu in Mpumalanga is set to commemorate its Workers Day at the Gert Sibande region, in Ermelo, Mpumalanga. The celebrations will reflect the plight of farm workers and dwellers around those areas and in other parts of the province.
Cosatu Provincial Secretary, Thabo Mokoena, says farm dwellers have been subjected to a number of human rights violations.
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Can you afford to pay for food and household expenses on the new minimum wage?
The National Minimum Wage Act, 2017 is set to be implemented in May 2018. However, according to the Department of Labour, the process could be delayed by one or two months.
SABC Digital News and OpenUp (formerly Code for South Africa) has partnered to develop a Minimum Wage App that will give answers to the question: “Can South Africans survive on R3 500?”
Where does the information come from?
OpenUp has used the following data sources:
- Stats SA: “Poverty Trends in South Africa” report
- Pietermaritzburg Agency for Community Social Action (PACSA) “Food Price Barometer“
- Stats SA: Statistical release P0100, “Income and Expenditure of Households 2010/2011”. Embargoed until November 2012
How is it calculated?
The meals are calculated after household expenses are covered. So, in order to get three meals a day, one may have to reduce their allocation to household expenses.