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13 May 2021
Daily Maverick
The families have been living in community halls after spending nights on the roadside with their belongings.
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07 May 2021
Daily Maverick
Funding disbursement from the Unemployment Insurance Fund has become a problem for struggling seasonal farmworkers, says the Women on Farms Project – which has appealed for direct intervention from Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi.
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05 May 2021
Daily Maverick
The eviction decision, hailed as a ‘victory for the right to family life’, will go a long way towards protecting the rights of those living on farms. The elated workers say it brings an end to fears of looming homelessness.
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07 May 2021
EWN
Minister Thulas Nxesi joined a seasonal workers meeting in De Doorns via video. The workers laid bare their frustrations with the UIF office, asking for more resources so they could get what's due to them.
Farm workers read moreExperts say they have seen an increase in unlawful farm evictions. We chat to two law experts about the rights of both farmers and farm dwellers.
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21 April 2021
IOL
Two departments have to explain in court why former Blesbokfontein workers and their children spent two nights with in the open following an eviction.
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29 March 2021
Business Insider
Parliament is currently hearing public comments on South Africa’s Expropriation Bill.
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23 March 2021
GroundUp
Illegal evictions of farm dwellers on the rise, says union
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16 March 2021
GroundUp
Workers are demanding running water, lower electricity rates and improved housing
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09 March 2021
Daily Maverick
About 60 families have been living in canvas tents for almost three years at a caravan park in Paarl South. The farmworkers are among the 20,214 residents waiting for housing solutions from the municipality.
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Western Cape inclusionary housing policy framework open for comment https://www.westerncape.gov.za/eadp/news/western-cape-inclusionary-housing-policy-framework-open-comment
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If we are looking for the intersection of opportunism and desperation this has to be it.
“Those selling the land of the dead are greedy for money, We grew up knowing that we must respect the dead".
https://www.groundup.org.za/article/graves-desecrated-for-housing-in-pietermaritzburg/
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