‘The current minimum wage is about R25.42 an hour. If the minister does agree to the CPI plus 3%, that should take it to about R27.50, so that s a significant improvement. But given the levels of inflation and the cost of living, you re still going to be in deep poverty,’ says Matthew Parks, parliamentary coordinator for Cosatu.
The trade union federation will join government and businesses in participating along with its African and US counterparts in the 20th annual AGOA Summit set to kick off in Johannesburg, on Thursday.
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‘We must have a national plan that we can say we re going to execute regardless of which party is in power at local, provincial, and national level,’ says the co-founder of Cope.