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“If I could, I would rather work”

A recent study has shown that maize, sukuma wiki, and tomatoes grown in Kenya have been grown using Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs).

WC farmworkers air grievances with labour minister over UIF access Farmworkers from various parts of the province said that they were frustrated with the slow pace of processing and accessing of UIF benefits. Some said that they often waited as long as a year to receive funds. Farmworkers protest during a UIF Indaba in Worcester on 6 May 2021. Picture: Supplied one hour ago CAPE TOWN - Farmworkers in the Western Cape are hoping their issues with the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) will be addressed soon....

Text by Suné Payne and photos by Victoria O’Regan “I don’t know if I’m going to get it,” said seasonal worker Dina Ndleleni, who has been without work for more than a year. She was referring to the compensation due to her from the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF).  On Thursday, 6 May, Ndleleni joined about 150 women from the Women on Farms (WoF) Project on a march to the Worcester Labour Centre to call for better services in payment from the UIF. Ndleleni told Daily Maverick she works on a grape farm in De Doorns. On 8 April 2020 her work was cut when the farm owner let seasonal...

Calls for R350 Covid-19 grant to be made permanent and increased to R585 Share Johannesburg - Pressue is mounting on the government not to terminate the R350 Covid-19 social relief of distress grant and instead turn it into a permanent basic income grant. The #PayTheGrants campaign, spearheaded by various civic organisations including Black Sash and the South African Domestic Service and Allied Workers Union, on Thursday announced protest action against the government’s intentions to terminate the grant. While the grant was due to come to an end on Friday, Social Development Minister Lindiw...