2025 Minimum Wage South Africa 2025. The new nmw will come into effect from 1 march 2025. In 2021, the commission recommended increasing the national minimum wage from r20,76 to r21,69 per hour.
Employment and labour minister t.w nxesi has announced a new national minimum wage (nmw) determination from r25,42 to r27,58 for each ordinary hour worked. The government raised the national minimum wage on friday by 8.5 percent to r27.58 an hour from 1 march 2025.