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Iholo eliphansi eNingizimu Afrika likhuphuke lafinyelela ku-R5,320 ngenyanga ngoNdasa ka-2026. Ngemuva kokukhokhela ezokuthutha nogesi, abasebenzi basalelwa ngu-R2,378.Umndeni wabane udinga u-R3,667 wokudla okuyisisekelo njalo ngenyanga. Abasebenzi abahola kancane bashodelwa imali engaphezu kuka-R1 000.

I-National Minimum Wage yenyuke ngo-5% mhlaka-1 kuNdasa ka-2026, ikhuphuke yafinyelela ku-R5,320.48 ngenyanga kumsebenzi osebenza izinsuku ezingu-22 zokusebenza ngokugcwele. Izinga lehora lisuke ku-R28.79 laya ku-R30.23. Kubasebenzi abaningi abahola kancane eNingizimu Afrika, iholo elilodwa kufanele lihlangabezane nezidingo zomndeni onabane.

Ngokwe-March 2026 Household Affordability Index, eshicilelwe yi-Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity Group, ukukhushulwa kwemiholo kuletha ukukhululeka kancane uma izindleko eziyisisekelo sezikhokhelwe. Umsebenzi ohola kancane ohola u-R5,320.48 usebenzisa u-R1,760 ngenyanga ukuya nokubuya emsebenzini ngetekisi, ngokusekelwe emalini yokubuya yansuku zonke engu-R80 ezinsukwini zokusebenza ezingu-22.

Ugesi ubiza okungenani u-R1,181.85 ngenyanga. Ngokuhlangene, ezokuthutha nogesi kuthatha u-R2,941.85 eholweni.Lokho kushiya u-R2,378.63 wakho konke okunye, okuhlanganisa nokudla. Ukudla kubiza u-R3,667.72 ngenyanga. Ukushoda kokudla kukodwa kungu-R1,289.09, okuyigebe lika-35%. Uma lowo R2,378.63 osele uye ekudleni, umuntu ngamunye emndenini angathola u-R594.66 ngenyanga.

Umugqa kazwelonke wobumpofu bokudla umi ku-R855 umuntu ngamunye ngenyanga. Ilungu ngalinye lomndeni lizobe lidla u-30% ngaphansi kobuncane obudingekayo bokudla okuyisisekelo. Ukunyuswa kwemiholo kubalelwa ku-R241.92 owengeziwe ngenyanga. Lokho akwanele ukuthenga isaka le mpuphu.

I-Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity Group ithi iNational Minimum Wage “iyiholo lobubha” “elilimaza impilo yabasebenzi, linciphise ukukhiqiza emsebenzini, futhi libambezele ukukhula komnotho.”