New Minimum Wage 2025 South Africa 2025. The current rate of nmw jumped from r23.19 to r25.42 for each ordinary hour worked, effective 1 march 2023. It is hard to make ends meet on r15 000, yet most south african workers earn even less.
The new nmw will come into effect from 1 march 2025. On 1 february 2025, 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.