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Johannesburg – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has infuriated organised agriculture by announcing an immediate ban on legal and illegal farm evictions.

Ramaphosa announced the moratorium after he and a delegation of senior ministers met for hours yesterday with agricultural and farm labour representatives in Paarl in the Western Cape.

Die Regering moet sy beloftes aan plaaswerkers nakom, of hulle gaan weer staak, sê mnr. Nosey Pieterse.

Trade union federation Cosatu has threatened to stage massive protests in the Western Cape if farm owners continue the large scale eviction of farmworkers from their land.

by Linda Ensor, 15 September 2014, 06:08

Contrary to popular belief, it is macroeconomic and trade policies, rather than the introduction of a minimum wage, that have been the main cause of the fall in employment in the farming sector, says an academic at the University of the Western Cape.

South Africa continues its downward trend and falls to 56th place this year, third among the BRICS economies. South Africa does well on measures of the quality of its institutions (36th), including intellectual property protection (22nd), property rights (20th), the efficiency of its legal framework in challenging and settling disputes (9th and 15th, respectively), and its top-notch accountability of private institutions (2nd)

The Basic Conditions Amendment Act, 2013 and its Administrative Regulations published on 29 August 2014 came into effect on the 1^st of September 2014

As South African citrus exporters continue to face challenges in Europe to meet strict rules over citrus black spot (CBS), they may have a new market outlet in the future thanks to fresh proposals from the United States.

Johannesburg – Ministers in President Jacob Zuma’s cabinet are not speaking with one voice on whether South Africa should change its labour legislation to help mend the country’s failing industrial relations.

The 25th of July 2014 saw the gazetting of the effective date of the amended Employment Equity Act, mere days before its implementation date of 1 August 2014.

Ons herinner werkgewers daaraan dat die vergoedingsdrempel waarvolgens bepaal word watter werkers buite die bestek van sleutelbepalings (art 9, 10, 11, 125, 14, 15, 16, 17(2), 18(3)) van die wet op Basiese Diensvoorwaardes val, deur die Minister van Arbeid met ingang van 1 Julie 2014 verhoog is tot R205 433.30 per jaar (voorheen R193 805 pj)