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Extension of Security Tenure Act ( ESTA)

Wave of farm evictions in Ceres leaves families without housing

9th March 2026 Mzi Velapi 0

The Witzenberg Justice Coalition is fighting evictions from farms in the Ceres area.

Award-winning injustice: Farm workers pay the price for ‘ethical’ profits

14th August 2025 Brian Adams 0

The Surplus People Project exposes a systemic exploitation of farm workers the Western Cape, hidden behind “ethical” labels, weak enforcement, and self-regulation,

Farmworkers speak out against evictions

14th August 2023 Mzi Velapi 0

The Rural Legal Centre says it deals with cases of eviction of farmworkers and families who have stayed on the same farm for more than 20 years.

Farmworkers tell of slave-master relationship with farmers after 25 years of democracy

1st May 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

Farmworkers and their organisations organised a speak-out to highlight the new wave of evictions that is said to be linked to calls for expropriation of land without compensation.

Expropriate land within existing law

31st July 2018 Nokuthula Mthimunye 0

AFRA argues that the expropriation of land that labour tenants and farm dwellers currently live on and use must be tested under the existing legal framework.

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