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11/11/2026

Minimum wage in South Africa 2027

South Africa's national minimum wage sits at R30.23 per ordinary hour right now, and that number will not change until the Minister of Employment and Labour publishes a new Government Gazette notice, expected some time in February 2027. The ...

10/30/2026

9 min

Public Holidays in South Africa 2027: Official Dates and Long Weekends

Planning leave for 2027 is worth doing now. South Africa's public holiday dates are locked in Schedule 1 of the Public Holidays Act 36 of 1994, so the picture is already clear, and the late-March cluster alone converts three leave days into a ...

09/09/2026

8 min

Stats SA Q2 data: 33.6% unemployment and what it means for South African workers and HR teams

Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) released its second-quarter national accounts on Tuesday, confirming GDP contracted by 0.2% between April and June 2026, reversing the 0.4% expansion recorded in Q1 and marking the country's first quarterly ...

07/28/2026

6 min

BCEA threshold at R269,601: reclassification obligations HR leaders must address now

South Africa's Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997 (BCEA) earnings threshold moved to R269,601 per year on 1 May 2026, a 3% uplift that shifts the compliance boundary for a specific and often-overlooked segment of the workforce. The ...

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