The Minister of Employment and Labour published Government Gazette 48094 on 21 February 2023, increasing the following minimum wages effective 1 March 2023:

The National Minimum Wage

1.  Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 of the National Minimum Wage Act (NMWA).
   
2. Effective 1 March 2023, the National Minimum Wage rates will increase -
   
1. from R23.19 to R25.42 per hour,
   
2. from R23.19 to R25.42 per hour for farm workers,
   
3. from R23.19 to R25.42 per hour for domestic workers,
   
4. from R12.75 to R13.97 per hour for workers employed on expanded public works programme, and
   
5. to the weekly allowances in the table below for workers who have concluded learnership agreements contemplated in section 17 of the Skills Development Levies Act.
   

NQF Level	Credits already earned by employer	Minimum allowance per week
		Previous rate	New rate
Level 1 to 2	0 - 120	R 349.04	R 382.55
	121 - 240	R 698.05	R 765.06
Level 3	0 - 120	R 349.04	R 382.55
	121 - 240	R 657.38	R 720.49
	241 - 360	R1 076.19	R1 179.50
Level 4	0 - 120	R 349.04	R 382.55
	121 - 240	R 698.11	R 765.13
	241 - 360	R1 076.11	R1 179.50
	361 - 480	R1 570.63	R1 721.41
Level 5 to 8	0 - 120	R 349.04	R 382.55
	121 - 240	R 756.20	R 828.80
	241 - 360	R1 131.44	R1 240.06
	361 - 480	R1 593.94	R1 746.96
	481 - 600	R2 036.00	R2 231.46

1. One of the qualifying criteria for ETI is that the employee must earn at least the higher of the applicable National Minimum Wage rate or the minimum rate specified by the wage regulating measure.
   
2. If an employer cannot afford to pay the National Minimum Wage, then the employer can apply online for exemption from the National Minimum Wage Act.
   

Contract cleaning sector minimum wages:

1. Sectoral Determination 1.
   
2.  Effective 1 March 2023, employers should pay the minimum wages as contained in Government Gazette.
   

Wholesale and retail sector minimum wages:

1. Sectoral Determination 9.
   
2. Effective 1 March 2023, employers should pay the minimum wages as contained in Government Gazette.