1) Minimum wages
The minimum wage which an employer, other than the employer referred to in clause 3(4), shall pay to the undermentioned classes of employees, shall with effect from the date on which this determination comes into operation, be the following:
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GAUTENG PROVINCE | |||||
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Area |
The whole of Gauteng Province. | ||||
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Minimum wage for a security guard |
R264,92 per week | ||||
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Minimum wage for all other employees. |
525 cents per hour | ||||
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NORTH WEST PROVINCE | |||||
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Area |
The Magisterial Districts of Klerksdorp and Potchefstroom |
The remainder of North West Province. | |||
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Minimum wage for a security guard |
R176,80 per week |
R176,80 per week | |||
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Minimum wage for all other employees. |
525 cents per hour |
415 cents per hour | |||
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PROVINCE OF MPUMALANGA | |||||
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Area |
Magisterial Districts of Balfour, Bethal, Highveld Ridge, Middelburg, Standerton and Witbank. |
The Magisterial Districts of Nelspruit, Pilgrim’s Rest and White River. |
The remainder of the Province of Mpumalanga. | ||
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Minimum wage for a security guard |
R264,92 per week |
R143,83 per week |
R176,80 per week | ||
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Minimum wage for all other employees. |
525 cents per hour |
415 cents per hour |
415 cents per hour | ||
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NORTHERN PROVINCE | |||||
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The whole of the Northern Province. | ||||
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Minimum wage for a security guard |
R1 76,80 per week | ||||
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Minimum wage for all other employees. |
415 cents per hour | ||||
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FREE STATE PROVINCE | |||||
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Area |
The Magisterial Districts of Bloemfontein, Odendaalsrus, Sasolburg, Virginia and Welkom. |
The remainder of the Free State Province | |||
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Minimum wage for a security guard |
R236,49 per week |
R176,80 per week | |||
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Minimum wage for all other employees. |
525 cents per hour |
415 cents per hour | |||
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WESTERN CAPE PROVINCE | |||||
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Area |
Magisterial Districts of Bellville, Cape, Goodwood, Hopefield, Kuils River, Malmesbury, Mooreesburg, Paarl, Simonstown, Somerset West, Stellenbosch, Strand, Vredenburg, Wellington, Worcester, Wynberg and Mitchells Plain. |
Magisterial Districts of Bredasdorp, Caledon, George, Heidelburg, Hermanus, Montague, Mossel Bay, Piketberg, Riversdale, Robertson, Swellendam and Tulbach. |
The remainder of the Western Cape Province. | ||
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Minimum wage for a security guard |
R264,92 per week |
R224,57 per week |
R176,80 per week | ||
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Minimum wage for all other employees. |
525 cents per hour |
525 cents per hour |
525 cents per hour | ||
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EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE | |||||
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Area |
The whole of the Eastern Cape Province. | ||||
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Minimum wage for a security guard |
R176,80 per week | ||||
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Minimum wage for all other employees. |
525 cents per hour | ||||
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NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE | |||||
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Area |
The whole of the Northern Cape Province. | ||||
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Minimum wage for a security guard |
R181,35 per week | ||||
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Minimum wage for all other employees. |
415 cents per hour | ||||
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PROVINCE OF KWAZULU-NATAL | |||||
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Area |
The Magisterial Districts of Camperdown, Chatsworth, Dundee, Durban, Empangeni, Inanda, Klip River, Lower Tugela, Lower Umfolozi, Mtunzini, Newcastle, Pietermaritzburg, Pinetown, Port Shepstone, Richards Bay and Umzinto. |
The remainder of the Province of Kwazulu-Natal | |||
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Minimum wage for a security guard |
R264,92 per week |
R184,19 per week | |||
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Minimum wage for all other employees. |
507 cents per hour |
456 cents per hour | |||
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2) Across the board increases
Every employee employed in the Civil Engineering Industry on the date on which this determination comes into operation shall be entitled to:
a) if employed for three months or less, an increase of 4,5% in the wage currently paid to that employee; or
b) if employed for longer than three months, an increase of 9% in the wage currently paid to that employee.
Provided that where an increase in terms of this subclause results in a wage lower than the minimum wage specified in clause 3(1), such minimum wage shall apply.
Provided further that any employer who has during the period 1 September 1998 and the date on which this determination comes into operation, granted an employee an increase-
aa) equal to the increase specified in this clause, shall be deemed to have complied with the provisions of this clause; or,
bb) less than that specified in this clause, shall be entitled to grant an increase equal to the difference between the increase already granted by the employer and that prescribed in this subclause.
3) Calculation of wages
The wage of an employee shall be calculated as set out hereunder:
a) The hourly wage of an employee shall be the weekly wage divided by the number of ordinary hours of work prescribed for such employee in any week;
b) The daily wage of an employee shall be the weekly wage divided by-
i) five, in the case of an employee who works a five-day week;
ii) six, in the case of any other employee;
c) The weekly wage of an employee shall be the hourly wage multiplied by the number of ordinary hours of work prescribed for such employee in any week;
d) The monthly wage of an employee shall be four and a third times the weekly wage.
4) Exclusions
The provisions of clauses 3(1) and 3(2) shall not apply to an employer who is engaged in the Civil Engineering Industry only, and employs altogether not more than twenty employees at all times in or in connection with such business and whose annual turnover in such business does not exceed R1 000 000.