Speaker, I would also like to extend our condolences to the Mthembu family.
When the National Minimum Wage Bill was introduced, section 17(4) correctly, at the time, cross-referred to section 4(6). The committee however amended section 4 with two additional subsections being inserted so that the original section 4(6) became section 4(8). However, the required consequential amendment of section 17(4) was not effected.
The Portfolio Committee on Labour agreed to request permission in terms of Rule 273(1) of the National Assembly Rules to introduce a Committee Bill, the