Government Gazette

Vol. 404, No. 19722, 5 February 1999

Regulation Gazette, No. 6422

No. R. 129

GOVERNMENT NOTICE

MANPOWER TRAINING ACT, 1981

PRINTING, NEWSPAPER AND PACKAGING INDUSTRIES EDUCATION AND TRAINING BOARD: AMENDMENT OF CONDITIONS OF APPRENTICESHIP

I, Membathisi Mphumzi Shepherd Mdladlana, Minister of Labour, acting in terms of section 13 of the Manpower Training Act, 1981, hereby amend, with effect from the date of publication of this notice, Government Notice No. R. 2399 of 4 October 1991, as amended by Government Notices Nos. R. 172 of 10 January 1992, R. 2834 of 9 October 1992, R 436 of 19 March 1993, R. 1094 of 25 June 1993, R. 1961 of 15 October 1993, R. 2311 of 3 December 1993, R. 2495 of 24 December 1993, R. 1187 of 8 July 1994, R. 1281 of 22 July 1994, R. 2463 of 9 December 1994, R. 409 of 17 March 1995, R. 1936 of 22 December 1995, R. 2079 of 20 December 1996, R. 486 of 4 April 1997, R. 152 of 14 November 1997 and R. 1442 of 13 November 1998, by the substitution of clause 3 (1) of the Conditions of Apprenticeship with regard to wages of the following clause:

"3. (1) An employer, excluding Government, shall pay an apprentice weekly as specified below in accordance with the apprentice's completed phase of training which is inclusive of a technical education component and a PNPIETB controlled competence test:

Phase 1 and 2: R382,50 per week;
Phase 3: R428,00 per week;
Phase 4: R585,80 per week.".