The agricultural sector has been built on cheap labour and this explains why farm workers have been demanding at least R150 per day. Even with the announcement of a minimum wage of R105 per day by the minister of Labour, Mildred Oliphant, the struggle to better the living and working conditions of farm workers continues. However, Katishi Masemola writes on how farmers are threatening workers with retrenchment over the announcement of the minimum wage.
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