Namibia: Better Wages for Farmworkers

20 November 2012

FARMWORKERS on average earn 69% more monthly than the presribed minimum wage, the Wage Survey 2012 of Agricultural Employers’ Association has shown.

The bi-annual survey, released last week, shows that the average monthly monetary remuneration of farmworkers (cash and rations) was N$1 454, 12% more than the 2010 survey. The average monthly cash salary was N$964, while the value of monthly rations was N$490.

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