National Minimum Wage 2024 % Increase. On 1 february 2024, the minister of employment and labour increased the national minimum wage by 8,5% from r25,42 to r27,58 for each ordinary hour worked from 1. In the gazette published on the 2nd february 2024, the labour minister announced an adjustment to the national minimum wage, which will come into effect on.

The increase will be 8.5%. The minister of employment and labour published a government notice increasing the national minimum wage from r25.42 per hour to r27.58 per hour.