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The National Minimum Wage Commission has announced the proposal for the national minimum wage following a recent invitation for written representations on potential adjustments for 2025.
The recommendations for CPI plus 1.5% to the current minimum wage of R27.58 an hour were published in the government gazette on Wednesday.
The NMWC said that consumer price index is a key factor in their considerations of the national minimum wage, with CPI in November standing at 2.9% and 2.8% in October.
“It is important to take note that the rate of inflation that will be implemented will be the inflation rate six weeks prior to the 1st of March (i.e. December CPI published in January) which is the date that the new minimum wage comes into effect,” the Commission said.
The Employment and Labour Minister will announce the new rate of adjustment in February 2025, which will take effect from 1 March 2025.
Requests for inputs should reach the directorate: Employment Standards, Department of Employment and Labour, Private Bag X117, Pretoria, 0001 or be sent to nmwreview@labour.gov.za
The public has until 14 January 2025 to make their written representations.
