Tag: Farm Workers

Today, the country enjoys a public holiday thanks to yesterday's Workers' Day. As we celebrate workers' critical role in the economy, agri leaders share their thoughts on what this day ...

The High Court in Gqeberha has granted an interim interdict to farm owners in the Sundays River Valley Municipality, Eastern Cape, which prevents protesting workers and their supporters from coming ...

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.

US farmers and SA workers have breathed a sigh of relief as Covid-19-related restrictions affecting their employment have been lifted. SA workers are in demand in the US, says one ...

Children of farmworkers must enter the sector by choice and not by circumstance. This was the stern message earlier today (Monday, 25 October 2021) from agriculture, land reform and rural ...

The life of Ntombikayise Mthembu, a 52-year-old widow from Mooi Plaas farm near Dannhauser in northern KwaZulu-Natal, has all the hallmarks of the hardship and complexities of Black women living ...

Following an explosive global report, the Women on Farms project has called on two German agrochemical giants to stop producing hazardous pesticides endangering the health of Western Cape farmworkers. Women ...

While the National Minimum Wage Commission believes the earnings of farm workers as the lowest-paid labourers should be adjusted, TLU SA now calls on government to completely set aside the ...

It is common practice for males in positions of power on farms to ask female employees for sexual favours in exchange for job security. This according to Rebecca Mort, health and ...

When farmers in rural areas fail to meet their desired milestones, they become consumed by a feeling of complete despair often leading to depression and suicide, says Christo van der ...