The workers who feed nine million school children - and earn just R2,300 a month
GroundUp | 27.05.2026 10:00
The national minimum wage, if you work six hours a day, five days a week, is just shy of R4,000 per month. Yet there are thousands of people doing vital work, earning only R2,300 per month. And their employer is not some exploitative private company or sweatshop; it’s the government.
