
Thousands of seasonal workers to get unemployment relief
Seasonal workers would battle during off-season to get their unemployment relief. An outreach programme by the labour department’s UIF unit has changed that.
Seasonal workers would battle during off-season to get their unemployment relief. An outreach programme by the labour department’s UIF unit has changed that.
Violence on South African farms is endemic and farmworkers all too commonly are the victims.
While their labour is deemed essential under the Covid-19 emergency, farmworkers are not considered important enough to be provided with safe transport.
Echoes of apartheid-style exploitation of workers have resurfaced in recent years in South Africa. Debates around these malpractices were given fresh impetus four years ago […]
The beaches of Bula, a small fishing district in southern Philippines, are perpetually covered by a layer of seaweed several centimetres thick. But unlike tourist […]
There’s an assumption in the agricultural industry that the yields and prices of crops will vary according to local conditions as well as supply and […]
Passing trucks get looted as the unemployed in De Doorns protest against unemployment and bribery for jobs on farms in the area.
On the last day of the farmworkers conference at the UWC, the farmworkers warned against the use of technology for super-profits.
Farmworkers’ organisations and labour unions at a farmworkers conference at UWC were not happy with the lack of a clear plan from Thulas Nxesi on how to deal with recalcitrant farmers.
The fact that farmworkers work the land under working and living conditions that have not changed since the Western Cape strike of 2012 should be […]
The quantity and quality of wine available in Scandinavia is strictly controlled by the governments and tenders are issued for wine producers.
SAFTU and United Front have called for a consumer boycott of goods sourced from Oak Valley Estate.