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Inside the head of a Mutant

A film more about an entire culture than one man’s place in it, Mutant gives new meaning to the phrase ‘bigger than hip-hop’

Many womxn who live and work on farms have suffered immensely during the Covid-19 lockdown. (Rogan Ward/Reuters)

Women farmworkers call for labour centres to be opened

Many womxn who live and work on farms have suffered immensely during the Covid-19 lockdown

R3.30 an hour: De Doorns child labour probed

The Department of Labour is investigating allegations of child labour on a farm in the Hex Valley, outside De Doorns.

Farm workers union Csaawu should be saved

Union Csaawu is facing bankruptcy for supporting farm workers dismissed after historic strikes in 2012/ 13. This is why the union must be saved.

An alliance has been formed to address issues affecting agriculture in the Western Cape.

DA, ANC bury pitchforks to fix farm crisis

A "cautious alliance" has been formed between the Democratic Alliance and the ANC to address the issues underlying agricultural unrest.

The road is notorius for serious accidents. A bus accident in 2010 also claimed 20 lives.

Investigation launched after 24 killed in W Cape bus crash

An investigation has been launched after 24 people died when a bus veered off Hex River Pass near De Doorns, says the provincial transport minister.

The road is notorius for serious accidents. A bus accident in 2010 also claimed 20 lives.

22 killed in De Doorns bus crash

Twenty-two people, including two children, have died after a bus veered off the Hex River Pass near De Doorns.

‘Blacklisted’ farmworker urges politicians to listen

Despite going from being a scab to striking worker and being recently unemployed, Jaurie Scheepers remains hopeful. "My God will make a plan for me".

Land audit urgently required

The facts are few but there have bee logistical and political reasons why the state is dragging its feet.

Farmworkers’ minimum wage upped to R105 a day

Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant has announced a new minimum wage for farmworkers of R105.

Union happy with daily R100 wage for farmworkers – for now

The Food and Allied Workers Union says it expects the new minimum wage for farmworkers to be R100 a day that can later increase to R150.

Lamola encourages farmworkers to continue fighting for wage increases

Farmworkers in the Western Cape should not retreat in their fight for a minimum daily wage of R150, ANCYL deputy president Ronald Lamola has said.

Cosatu provincial secretary Tony Ehrenreich addresses striking farmworkers in De Doorns.

Farm unions pull together – for now

We are on the same side, we just manage different views, says Cosatu’s Ehrenreich of rival farmworkers’ union.

Ehrenreich denied that he had been officially approached by any other federation and would not elaborate on the overtures from Saftu.

Cosatu: We are calling the farmworkers’ strike off

The Western Cape farmworkers’ strike has been called off, says the trade union federation’s provincial secretary general Tony Ehrenreich.

Sour grapes for farmers, workers

Complex and varied factors are at play behind the unrest in the Cape farmlands, writes Lynley Donnelly.

De Doorns: Police action breeds hostility

De Doorns residents have claimed they had nothing to do with the strike but have been brutalised, writes Benjamin Fogel.

Clanwilliam wage deal not discussed, says Agri SA

Agri SA says it has not been contacted by Cosatu regarding a plan to extend a recent wage deal between farmers and their workers in Clanwilliam.

Man dies from rubber bullets during W Cape farm protest

A man died after he was hit by a rubber bullet during clashes between police and striking farmworkers in the Western Cape, said a police spokesperson.

Farmworkers’ strike: No silver bullet for rural unrest

Agriculture does not hold the solution to ending rural poverty, experts say, and improving lives will take more than a simple wage increase.

Police fire rubber bullets on striking De Doorns farmworkers

Western Cape police have fired rubber bullets at workers in De Doorns protesting for better wages, says a police spokesperson.