date:Feb 07, 2013
minister said the department would undertake a study to assess the impact of the new wage in the sector towards the end of term of the wage dispensation.
The announcement follows violent strikes by farmworkers, especially in the Western Cape, since November last year. Farmworkers had demanded R150 per day as a minimum wage.
On 15 November, the department published two notices in the Government Gazette announcing its intention to cancel the sectoral determination and also announced the start