South Africans are upset and a government union accuses "legitimizing poverty" after the country has set the minimum wage at $ 278 per month. The South Africa Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) said it was angry and frightened but not surprised at the passage of the minimum wage bill, which was fully endorsed by parliament on Tuesday. The bill sets the minimum wage 20 rand ($ 1.59; £ 1.20) an hour, which, for a 40-hour week, sets a salary of nearly $ 278 per month. Nigeria's minimum wage - currently set to 18,000 naira ($ 50; £ 37) a month has not been increased since 2011. The union said that the parliament had lost the opportunity to release workers from the waning wage gap. In 2016, a commission headed by President Cyril Ramaphosa became president of the president during the time that nearly 50% of South African workers have earned less than the proposed national minimum wage.
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