OPINIONISTA: Finger-pointing and politicking will not help farmworkers By Beverley Schäfer bevschafer
is clearly a piece of pre-election politicking on behalf of the ANC, which only seems to show any sort of interest in farmworkers’ rights in the run-up to an election.
Byneveldt is correct in saying that the Western Cape plays a significant role in “setting the standard for the well-being of farmworkers” and this is a task the Western Cape Department of Agriculture has taken seriously. Mr Byneveldt either does not understand the legislation or is purposefully obscuring the truth when he says that “while some aspects of the lives of this community are governed by national laws, the majority of the day-to-day delivery is located at the provincial and local government level”.
The Department of Agriculture in the Western Cape has been engaging regularly with the Human Rights Commission in a bid to ensure that agri-worker rights are upheld and protected in the province. In Drakenstein municipality, which is one of the municipalities with the highest number of agricultural workers, several steps have already been taken:
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