Tag: farm evictions

The Western Cape High Court has ruled in favour of Eric Lolo who went to court to hold the Drakenstein Municipality accountable for emergency housing for people evicted from farms. Photo: Barbara Maregele/GroundUp

ICYMI: High Court victory for former farmworker

by GroundUp

4th August 2022

In case you missed it: In a case brought by a former farmworker, the Western Cape High Court told the Drakenstein Municipality this week to make provision for emergency housing ...

As South Africans commemorate Human Rights Day on 21 March, the focus has shifted to the grim realities agricultural workers in South Africa often have to grin and bear. Photo: Gareth Davies/Food For Mzansi

Human Rights: ‘Uphold dignity of farmworkers’

by Tiisetso Manoko

21st March 2022

Farm evictions, mistreatment, victimisation, and problematic old-age policies. These are but some of the grim realities that many agricultural workers in South Africa have to grin and bear.

Bonnie and her farmworker sister Mam’ Mpandla who says, “Not a single person comes to help us, not even the councillor yet we vote.” Photo: Andiswa Mkosi/Food For Mzansi

‘The reality is that farmworkers die with nothing’

by Magnificent Mndebele

29th November 2021

A new documentary tells the harrowing story of Eastern Cape farmworkers who have committed their lives to the land, only to die with nothing. “Even in their death, they are ...

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