Set minimum wage at R8‚000: PACSA

A community organisation which monitors food prices and wage movements is proposing that the national minimum wage under discussion be set at R8‚000.In its monthly food price barometer for May‚ the Pietermaritzburg Agency for Community Social Action argues that the current racial disparities in income and the number of people dependent on a single worker‚ require a national minimum wage which can defeat inflation and mitigate high levels of unemployment.