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Court was “left to speculate” about the municipality’s emergency housing plan, argues advocate
Farm workers read moreAfter surveying 577 participants among member companies, industry association Agri SA has found that a potential 4 384 jobs could potentially be lost in 2021/22 as a result of the increase in the national minimum wage for farmworkers. Agri SA reports that 549 of the 577 participants will exceed their budgeted wage expenses in the 2021 financial year, owing to the increase in the National Minimum Wage (NMW), while 456 of the participants foresee retrenchments of some of their farmworkers as a direct result thereof.
Farm workers read moreSome allege that the farmer had given the Nguni family permission to build, however he has denied the claim.
Farm workers read moreFarmworker wages could increase as much as 16,1% in 2021. This followed the National Minimum Wage Commission recommending in November 2020 that the minimum wage for farmworkers be aligned with the national minimum wage (NMW) in 2021, based on the argument that the agriculture sector was not as severely affected as other sectors by the COVID-19-related lockdown.
Farm workers read moreMany labourers in the Sundays River Valley have never seen a cent after suffering debilitating pain and even disability from accidents while at work. A non-profit trust wants to change this.
Farm workers read moreThis is after three farm workers died, and more than 20 people were injured in an accident near Worcester on Monday.
Farm workers read moreSANDF and Agri SA have signed an agreement to deploy rural security (home guards) to help curb farm murders and improve rural safety.
Farm workers read moreIn part two of a series on the lives of farm dwellers, Tshepiso Mabula ka Ndongeni finds a community haunted by the scourge of eviction
Farm workers read moreThe Western Cape Department of Agriculture will provide crucial relief to employees in the local wine tourism sector.
Farm workers read moreThere is a a decades-long battle over Boschendal housing
Farm workers read moreA project of Phuhlisani NPC supported by Absa. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. International License.