Over the last five years, it has become clear that focusing on the positive yields even better life skills outcomes for farm workers. By Gerrit Rautenbach The Fruit Workers’ Development Trust (FWDT) is a 100% BEE entity, as defined by…
Deur Elise-Marie Steenkamp Die bestuur van geldsake, gee die meeste mense hoofbrekens. Lees mens die finansiële blaaie van koerante is dit duidelik dat daar verskeie geldelike slaggate is. Dit is vir enigeen maklik om op betaaldag effe oorboord te gaan…
Farming is a labour intensive operation and there where you have lots of people together, there is always social pressure. Not coping with the pressure leads to social deterioration. And handling social deterioration becomes a social responsibility. To cope, you…
By Elise-Marie Steenkamp In 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa deemed gender-based violence (GBV) a secondary pandemic in South Africa with more than 20 women and children murdered in the first four months of lockdown, and five of these cases happening in…
Text: Carmé Naudé The FWDT (Fruit Workers’ Development Trust) aims at improving the quality of the lives of the workers on fruit farms. Vredelust Farm, one of the Trust’s beneficiaries is situated in Villiersdorp and was purchased in 2013. With…