Violations of farm workers’ labour rights in postapartheid South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorDevereux, Stephen
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-12T13:25:39Z
dc.date.available2020-02-12T13:25:39Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractCommercial farm workers in South Africa endured centuries of exploitation and abuse until the 1990s, when progressive legislation was promulgated that confers rights to workers aimed at improving their living and working conditions, including through a sector-specific statutory minimum wage. However, violations of labour rights are widespread in the agriculture sector, and farm workers are arguably more vulnerable than before as they face ongoing evictions, casualisation and exploitation. This research study, conducted among women farm workers in the Western Cape and Northern Cape provinces, documents labour rights violations in the areas of wages and contracts and occupational health and safety. Apart from farmers themselves, government is responsible for failing to enforce compliance with pro-worker legislation, while trade unions have failed to represent farm workers and hold farmers and government to account.en_US
dc.identifier.citationDevereux, S. (2019). Violations of farm workers’ labour rights in post-apartheid south africa. Development Southern Africa, doi:10.1080/0376835X.2019.1609909en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/5177
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDevelopment Southern Africaen_US
dc.subjectCommercial agricultureen_US
dc.subjectFarm womenen_US
dc.subjectLabour legislationen_US
dc.subjectMinimum wageen_US
dc.subjectSeasonal workersen_US
dc.titleViolations of farm workers’ labour rights in postapartheid South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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