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Home > South Africa: Limpopo's farm labourers yet to benefit from land reform

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Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 02:00
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Land & land rights [2]
Issue Number: 
183 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Labourers from the fertile farms of South Africa's northernmost province regularly bring their grievances to a modest office in Musina's Nancefield township, just south of the Zimbabwe border. John Mashaba and Dorah Ncupe, officials in the Legal Advice Centre, listen to workers' accounts - in the hope of eventually mediating solutions with employers. Most labourers tell of abuse by farm owners - from physical violence to illegal evictions. But behind every laborer's dispute is a single issue...read more [4]

Labourers from the fertile farms of South Africa's northernmost province regularly bring their grievances to a modest office in Musina's Nancefield township, just south of the Zimbabwe border. John Mashaba and Dorah Ncupe, officials in the Legal Advice Centre, listen to workers' accounts - in the hope of eventually mediating solutions with employers. Most labourers tell of abuse by farm owners - from physical violence to illegal evictions. But behind every laborer's dispute is a single issue: land.

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Advocacy & Campaigns [5]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/land/25656 [6]
Country: 
South Africa [7]

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