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Employees to get wage increase before Christmas

Dec 04, 2025 MISA, the Motor Industry Staff Association, Hermann Köstens, MIBCO (Motor Industry Bargaining Council), Department of Employment and Labour.

Employees to get wage increase before Christmas

Employees in the retail motor industry will get their overdue wage increases from 12 December when it will be published in the Government Gazette. This was the assurance given to MIBCO (Motor Industry Bargaining Council) by the Department of Employment and Labour after its Minister, Nomakhosazana Meth, signed the MIBCO Main Agreements which has been submitted to her Department months ago.

MISA, the Motor Industry Staff Association, have been inundated with enquiries from concerned members seeking clarity on the expected payment date of their salary increases. Hermann Köstens, MISA’s Chief Executive Officer: Strategy and Development, says it has been a very frustrating process marked by prolonged delays after MISA, RMI (Retail Motor Industry) and Numsa (National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa) signed the agreement at MIBCO in August .

“The agreement has never been backdated hence there is no backpay. The RMI did request all its affiliated employers to backdate payment to 1 September,” says Köstens.

He is grateful that employees will at least get their increases before Christmas. MISA also acknowledges that various process must be adhered to before a Government Gazette can be published. “If we look at the history of MIBCO’s wage agreements, this is the earliest that employees have received their increases.”

Please find the attached wage booklet to see what your new wage increase will be.

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