The ANC’s deputy president, Cyril Ramaphosa, officially announced earlier that a national minimum wage would come into effect next May.
Where there are continual accusations that farmers treat their workers poorly and do not pay the prescribed minimum wage, it seems that the primary culprits are probably the minibus taxi industry,
The South African National Taxi Council has now taken a strong position against the minimum wage, saying that their industry is unique and that no decision can be made about minimum wage without consulting with them and threatening not to accept the new wage.
It now appears that taxi drivers currently receive a minimum wage of R3 207 per month and that it has to be moved to R3 413. It is even less than many farmers pay their workers.
The Taxi Association is now claiming subsidies from the Department of Transport, while farmers receive no subsidy of any kind for their workers who need to help with the country’s food supply.
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