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• The National Minimum Wage Commission recommends that the minimum wage be increased by inflation plus 1.5% next year.
• the minimum wage for farmworkers to be the same level as the national minimum wage by next year.
• Domestic workers should earn the same as other workers by 2022.
• This would amount to an increase of about R450 per month for a domestic worker and about R350 per month for a farmworker over the next two years.

IN THE MEDIA

• Business Insider – Here’s by how much the minimum wage – also for domestic workers – looks set to increase next year