Agriculture

 

Unions call for R8,500 instead of R3,000 for farm workers

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Over 100 trade union members from farms across the Western Cape gathered for the Fourth Commercial Stevedore Agricultural and Allied Workers Union (CSAAWU) National congress. The two day conference in Surrey Estate, which started on Friday, will consider climate change, women and youth on farms, migrants, and the proposed minimum wage amongst other things. CSAAWU..
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Did Guptas sell mines they didn’t own? The Zuma and Guptas stories is just getting interesting day by day.

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Many questions remain about the Gupta family’s announcement on Wednesday that it was selling Tegeta Exploration, a company with coal mines that, according to Eskom, are critical for keeping the lights on in the country. But two questions stand out: Who is buying Tegeta, and who is selling it? Neighbours in the vicinity of the..
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Energy fund faces ruin if state mining company moves to Zwane’s department.

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The Central Energy Fund (CEF) faces financial ruin when Energy Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi hands the state’s mining company, African Exploration Mining and Finance Corporation, to the department of mineral resources. This will take place in the few months left of this financial year. Sources in the department have told the Mail & Guardian it will..
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Mugabe declared that Zimbabwe most developed country after SA at the World Economic Forum on Africa

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President Robert Mugabe has told the world that his country is the second most developed in Africa in comments that are likely to befuddle suffering Zimbabweans. The Zimbabwean leader is out in South Africa’s port city of Durban, venue for the World Economic Forum on Africa. Reports from the international convention say President Mugabe took..
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White people who own land in SA – bought it or negotiated for it !!

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The general assumption that land was stolen from black people is not correct, this is according to Congress of the People (Cope) leader Mosiuoa Lekota. Speaking on Talk Radio 702 on Monday, Lekota said that white people who own land in South Africa bought it following negotiations which saw the introduction of title deeds. “This..
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From Polokwane To Junk Status: The Rapid Radical Goose-Step To The Left

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By Mike Smith 4th of April 2017 “Junk Status”…the first step to being an economic basket case like Zimbabwe…or a Communist Utopia…depending on how you look at it. 23 Years…What took the ANC so long? I am extremely disappointed in them and I am sure the SACP too. I honestly thought they would reach this..
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Food Prices my rise due to Radical Economic Transformation

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The fact that the new finance minister appears quite indifferent about the country’s newly acquired junk status, and the fact that President Zuma did not want to talk about it, is shocking. It shows an absolute indifference to the fate of consumers and the poor of the country, said the president of TAU SA, Mr…
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Open Letter: White South Africa Faces Adapt Or Die Moment As ANC Talks Up Radical Economic Transformation

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Facing the next key fight for his political future, acornered President Jacob Zuma has this year decided to notch up rhetoric on ‘radical economic transformation‘. As part of this call and amid the Zuptoids’ growing use of terminology such as ‘white monopoly capital’, Zuma recently sparked further scares in the local and international investment communities..
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Racism will soon be a crime punishable by law

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Jacob Zuma claims that the ideology of racism remained firmly entrenched among some population groups. Practising racism and racial intolerance will soon be an offence punishable by law in South Africa, according to President Zuma. Addressing a small but very enthusiastic crowd at Victoria Grounds in King William’s Town, Eastern Cape, to mark Human Rights Day, Zuma..
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ANC plans ‘constitutional revolution’ on land

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The government is planning a “constitutional revolution” to fast-track land reform, including considering expropriation without compensation. The ruling party also wants land reform to include restitution for “precolonial dispossession” before the 1913 Native Land Act came into force, and a cap on the amount of land an individual can own. With most South African land..
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