Recent SIZA audit findings across all provinces have established that some businesses still miscalculate wages per hour, specifically when using the historically known ‘piece-rate system’ or ‘stuk-werk’ as it is known in Afrikaans.
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Due to several findings raised by third-party audit firms recently, it has come under SIZA’s attention that there are still businesses who do not pay the minimum wage rate per hour, specifically because they use a piece-rate system.
The payment of responsible and fair wages is a topic that remains at the forefront of discussions globally.
Agri-workers are currently entitled to a minimum wage of R18.68 per hour by law. This is different to the R20.76 per hour for other sectors.
The rate for the National Minimum Wage (NMW) for each ordinary hour worked is R20.76, however, in terms of agri-workers, the wage payable is R18.68 per hour.
South Africa officially introduced a national minimum wage to protect all workers from “unreasonably low wages” and promote a principle of fair wage increase.