Big salary increase for taxi drivers in August

The Minister of Labour, Mildred Oliphant has announced the salary increase of taxi drivers by 6.2 per cent from the beginning of next month.

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According to the department of labour the increases mean that drivers’ minimum wages will increase monthly from R3030.67 to R3218.57; weekly from R697.13 to R742.80 and hourly from R14.51 to R15.47.

The salary increase will also see taxi rank marshals’ minimum wages increase monthly from R2414.63 to R2564.33; weekly from R557.26 to R591.81 and hourly from R11.60 to R12.32. Other workers in the sector’s wages will increase monthly from R2112.81 to R2243.80; weekly from R487.60 to R517.83 and hourly from R10.15 to R10‚78.