Zuma urged to intervene in De Doorns
Johannesburg - Western Cape Premier Helen Zille had asked President Jacob Zuma to intervene in the De Doorns farmworkers' wage dispute, her office said on Tuesday. “The consequences of the current...
View ArticleFarm public hearings to get underway
Farm workers in De Doorns went on strike this month in demand for better wages. (Gallo) Our Coverage More Coverage Spokesperson Page Boikanyo said the first hearing would be held for Western Cape...
View ArticleNew farm strike threat
Xolani Koyana and Lauren Isaacs THE farmworkers’ strike is to spread beyond the Hex River Valley as talks with farmers over improved wages and living and working conditions collapsed. Unions in...
View ArticleANC stoking local Marikana, says Zille
Caryn Dolley PREMIER Helen Zille claims she was tipped off that the ANC was intent on “turning agriculture in the Western Cape into a second Marikana”. The tip-off came shortly after the Marikana...
View ArticleANC turns up heat on Zille
Cape Town - The ANC in the Western Cape has laid a charge of incitement against Premier Helen Zille, accusing her of “fanning and fuelling the flames” during the recent farmworkers’ strike. The ANC’s...
View ArticleTHIS IS THE BUSINESS: Shrieking Tina plays a cheap political game
Related articles THIS IS THE BUSINESS: Lessons from the tyrants In this article Other organisations: Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries People: Tina Joemat-Pettersson IT WAS scary to...
View Article11 arrested in De Doorns
Cape Town - Eleven people were arrested after police “took action” against protesting farmworkers in De Doorns on Monday, Western Cape police said. “The situation at De Doorns is still tense,”...
View ArticleJoemat-Pettersson calls for calm in De Doorns
Johannesburg - Agriculture Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson has called for an end to the violence in the De Doorns area, where workers are on strike in demand of better pay and working conditions. She...
View ArticleStrikers to go back to work on farms
Xolani Koyana FARMWORKERS have agreed to return to work until the government reviews minimum wages in the agricultural sector but have warned if their demands are not met in two weeks’ time, there...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Joemat-Pettersson playing with fire
In this article People: Tina Joemat-Pettersson BY CONGRATULATING farm workers on their "victory" in staging a wildcat strike in the Western Cape, Tina Joemat-Pettersson, and by extension the African...
View ArticleEditorial: Opportunism knocks
THE DEATH of 28-year-old farmworker Michael Daniels in Wolseley yesterday should bring all polticking over the farm strike to a screeching halt. Stop the speeches, stop the campaigning and the slogans...
View ArticleFarmworker protests suspended
Western Cape farmworkers are to suspend their protests over wages and living conditions for two weeks despite the clashes with police intensifying on Wednesday. Police shot dead a farmworker and...
View ArticleWCape farm strikes suspended - minister
Western Cape - Western Cape farmworkers will suspend their protests over wages and living conditions for two weeks, Acting Labour Minister Angie Motshekga said on Wednesday. She said the Congress of...
View ArticleLeaderless farm strike is 'organic'
Wage disputes have turned into violent protests that are spreading throughout the Western Cape’s agricultural areas, mirroring the ongoing unrest in the mining sector. (David Harrison, M&G) Our...
View ArticleCape farmworkers agree to halt protests – minister
Western Cape farmworkers are to suspend their protests over wages and living conditions for two weeks. Acting Labour Minister Angie Motshekga said in Cape Town yesterday that Cosatu had consulted...
View ArticleLabor unrest hits South African vineyards
Around a dozen people were arrested in De Doorns after hectors of vineyards were set ablaze by workers demanding higher wages. The protests spread after negotiations broke down on Friday. Thousands of...
View ArticleWestern Cape farm workers suspend protests
De Doorns strikers (Gallo) More Coverage She said the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) had consulted workers and it was agreed they would return to work on Thursday and desist from violence and...
View ArticleSecond worker dies after protests
Western Cape - A second farmworker, hospitalised after violent protests in Ceres on Wednesday, has died in hospital. The death of the 40-year-old Wakkerstroom man on Saturday morning was confirmed by...
View ArticleFarm workers stay on strike while message of deal is spread
Related articles NEWS ANALYSIS: Neither ANC nor DA seems popular with farm workers, who just want a better deal EDITORIAL: Joemat-Pettersson playing with fire Scramble to raise farm wages amid Cape...
View ArticleThreat to evict 'militant' workers as farmers look ahead
Related articles NEWS ANALYSIS: Neither ANC nor DA seems popular with farm workers, who just want a better deal LETTER: Farming jobs at stake Farm workers stay on strike while message of deal is...
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