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Posted inEquality, General

Of maids and madams: The case for domestic workers

Masana Ndinga-Kanga by Masana Ndinga-Kanga 13 October 201520 October 2015

Two weeks ago News24, in partnership with Code4SA, published a tool to calculate a reasonable wage to pay a domestic worker in South Africa. Based on data submitted by users, the news site found that on average a domestic worker in the Western Cape is paid R188.50 a shift, the highest when compared to other […]

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