THE Congress of South Africa Trade Unions (Cosatu) supports the proposed increases to South Africa’s national minimum wage, which is expected to take effect from 1 March 2022.
The country’s largest trade federation says that the increase would benefit approximately six million workers – particularly in the farming, construction and hospitality sectors.
Notably, some 900,000 domestic workers are set to benefit from an increase should the government decide to equalise the minimum wage this year, Cosatu said.
This follows the recent proposals published by the National Minimum Wage (NMW) Commission which recommend that domestic worker salaries be increased to 100% of the National Minimum Wage.
Under the Act, the minimum wage for domestic workers was initially set at 75% of the National Minimum Wage in 2020.
The Commission proposed increasing it to 88% of the national minimum wage in 2021 and 100% in 2022.
“As a result, the minimum wage
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