Minimum wage narrative is obsolete

Families are on the verge of starvation and malnutrition, with many facing the impossible choice between food, rent, transport, school fees, water, and medicine, daily. [iStockphoto]

Labour Day, also known as International Workers' Day, is a civic holiday to celebrate the achievement of workers. Several nations vary the actual date of their celebrations making the holiday occur on a Monday close to 1 May.

This year's Labour Day anniversary is distinctive, coming at a time when the country is experiencing intense levels of political polarization, insecurity, high cost of living, inflation, hunger, drought and religious radicalization.