By May 2018, all workers in South Africa will have to earn a minimum of R3500 rand a month. The newly signed national minimum wage agreement provides for workers to be paid at least R20 an hour. Government says while there are concerns that jobs will be lost in the process, the move will fight poverty and restore the dignity of lowly paid workers. Professor Imraan Valodia, the Chair of the Advisory Panel on the new minimum wage explains how they got to that amount and more....