South Africa: how is the wage negotiation season progressing?

Agreements have now been reached in more than half of the sectors holding talks during South Africa’s current wage negotiation season. However, a lack of agreement in the mining sector means the risk of labour unrest remains high, while relatively large nominal wage increases elsewhere could lead to an erosion of competitiveness in the medium term.

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