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07 June 2021
GroundUp
Farmer says in court papers he may have suffered “economic harm” because of the activist
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19 May 2021
Daily Maverick
The Western Cape legislature has heard that solutions must be devised to help curb accidents related to transporting farmworkers.
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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
Farm workers read moreMining-led dispossession has led to limited access to farming land and local elite control over mineral rents exacerbates inequality and conflict. https://twitter.com/KnowledgebaseL/status/1417442195578163201
Land, conflict and radical distributive claims in South Africa's rural... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214790X21001374
AGE OF ANARCHY: Abahlali baseMjondolo: We need to build a just peace amid unrest in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-07-15-abahlali-basemjondolo-we-need-to-build-a-just-peace-amid-unrest-in-kwazulu-natal-and-gauteng/
Vinpro survey highlights lockdown impacts on black owned wine brands https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2021/07/nearly-half-of-black-owned-wine-businesses-wont-survive-the-next-year/
Plan to ensure food gets to all communities after unrest https://www.iol.co.za/news/politics/plan-to-ensure-food-gets-to-all-communities-after-unrest-2100a1e5-f662-42ff-b7e2-446898cd4f6b
Keys to their homes still missing for 108 District Six claimants https://www.iol.co.za/capetimes/news/keys-to-their-homes-still-missing-for-108-district-six-claimants-d4058f28-ee6e-44a8-ae29-0eb7ac2f96a9
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