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Minimum wage set for candidate attorneys

According to the Government Gazette notice, those in rural areas should earn a minimum of R6 000 per month or R72 000 per year, while those in urban areas should earn R8 000 per month, or R96 000 per year.

More than a third of law firms which took part in a survey pay candidates less than R6 000 a month.

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Candidate attorneys are set to earn a minimum of R72 000 and R96 000 a year after the Legal Practice Council of South Africa (LPC) published a notice in the Government Gazette last week about the salary requirements for the profession.

According to the notice, law firms would need to pay candidate attorneys in rural areas a minimum of R6 000 per month (R72 000 per year) during their vocational training, while those in urban areas will earn R8 000 per month (R96 000 per year).