NEVER GIVE UP From poor farmworker to lifeline for vulnerable Western Cape residents — an activist’s tireless mission 6 min 2 By Vincent Cruywagen
BITTER HARVEST ‘You don’t see us’ — Cape farmworkers voice grievances about labour inspectors 3 min 0 By Suné Payne
PARLIAMENT SAHRC calls for banning from agriculture of highly toxic pesticides that have killed many children 3 min 7 By Marianne Thamm
ROAD TO 2024 ELECTIONS ‘They’ve left the poor behind’ — Western Cape rural voters say they’ve lost faith in ANC 5 min 4 By An Wentzel
LEGAL AID HEADACHES Hope fades as evicted farm resident Tannie Sephia battles to keep her home 6 min 3 By An Wentzel
LAND STRUGGLE Bitter tears in the ‘valley of wine and roses’ where farmworkers battle eviction 5 min 2 By An Wentzel
JUDICIARY IN CRISIS Citrusdal murder case linked to taxi industry violence risks being struck off the roll because of high court backlogs 4 min 0 By Vincent Cruywagen
FROM HARVEST TO HEATSTROKE How rising temperatures threaten farmworkers in Northern Cape, South Africa’s sunniest province 6 min 3 By Ethan van Diemen
RACIAL CAPITALISM OP-ED Cecil John Rhodes’ vision is alive on white-owned farms in South Africa 8 min 0 By Yvonne Phyllis
BOOK EXCERPT Farmworkers have a claim to the stolen land of their ancestors as reparation for generations of exploited labour 6 min 1 By Yvonne Phyllis
LAND REFORM Friday Activist: Yvonne Phyllis encourages people to 'own their own struggles' 5 min 0 By Zukiswa Pikoli
CHILD LABOUR No country can claim progress if it is built on the backs of children — Ramaphosa 4 min 0 By Julia Evans
GROUNDUP: RURAL PLEA Budget day: Farmworkers demand wealth tax for the 1% 2 min 1 By Liezl Human for GroundUp
2021 ELECTIONS: STELLENBOSCH Farmworkers brave rain and cold in bid to improve their lot at the ballot box 4 min 0 By Vincent Cruywagen and Suné Payne
Maverick Citizen Op-Ed Land expropriation debate is used as a tool to score political points among parties 4 min 0 By Boyce Tom
GroundUp: Road to local elections Witzenberg in Cape Winelands a ‘model municipality’ tarnished by poor waste management and unemployment 2 min 0 By Steve Kretzmann
WESTERN CAPE Farmworker transport: Nobody should go to work fearing for their life, industry stakeholders agree 2 min 0 By Suné Payne
MAVERICK CITIZEN World Hunger Day: Impoverished farmworkers say they face starvation if donations dry up 4 min 0 By Vincent Cruywagen
LIMPOPO 'Blacklisted' and starving in Tolwe: Farmworkers in limbo as hostilities with employers intensify 7 min 0 By Lucas Ledwaba
