AGRICULTURAL NEWS - According to a Department of Labour (DoL) press release, the inflation wage increase for farm and forestry workers would come into effect in March 2018.
Wages would increase 5,6% on par with inflation, with monthly wages increasing to an average of R3 169,19 for the 2018/2019 season, from the 2017/2018 average wage of R3 001,10.
Weekly wages would remain unchanged at R731,41, while daily wages would increase to R146,28 from R138,52.
Hourly wages would increase to R16,25 from R15,39.
Aggrey Mahanjana, managing director of the National Emergent Red Meat Producers’ Organisation (NERPO), told Farmer’s Weekly that NERPO did not submit formal comment to the DoL on the proposed minimum wage, as it believed that its comment would be a “drop in the bucket” and would not change the DoL’s stance.
