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In Solidarity: A week of radical actions including a march on Parliament by Sikhula Sonke, the farmworkers trade union

28 07 2009

MEDIA RELEASE by Sikhula Sonke
Sent in solidarity by the Anti-Eviction Campaign

Farm workers in Stellenbosch demand an end to inhumane forced evictions, appalling housing and retrenchments: 27 July to 1 August 2009

Farm workers embark on a week of radical action, Monday 27 July to Saturday 1 August. They come from the Boland, West Coast, Breede River, Witzenburg, Overberg, Oostenberg, Breede Valley and Swartland. This action takes place on the eve of the famous Stellenbosch wine festival and coincides with several uprisings for service delivery across the country. Read the rest of this entry »

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Media: Farm workers protest over poor living conditions and evictions

27 07 2009

July 27, 2009 Edition 1
Francis Hweshe – Argus

FARM workers have vowed to spend two nights outside Parliament during a week of “revolutionary action”.

Today the workers, from Breede River, Witzenburg, Overberg, Oostenberg and Boland, plan to start their protest by spending the night on a wine farm in Stellenbosch, to highlight the plight of workers there. Read the rest of this entry »

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Media: Women Farmworkers Threaten Election Boycott

16 04 2009

Davison Makanga
28 March 2009

Source: All Africa

Cape Town — Women from South Africa’s three Cape provinces have marched to parliament in Cape Town to denounce the country’s “slow and unbalanced” land redistribution programme. The protesters said if they are not given greater access to land, they will not vote in the country’s Apr. 22 general elections.

Placard-waving women at the Mar. 26 protest criticised the country’s Minister of Land Affairs, Lulu Xingwana, for failing them. Read the rest of this entry »