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.