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SA: Minimum wage shows difficulty of economic reform

South African policymakers are being forced to delay the introduction of a long-planned national minimum wage bill. Overall, we think that the bill is probably a positive step for the country. The government’s failure to implement it on time, however, is a worrying reminder of the difficulty of reforming South Africa’s economy.

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