Agriculture is one of the biggest employers of unschooled labour. Over the past ten years, the minimum wage has been amended substantially and rightly so, but as a sector, already under duress, with high input costs, global trade challenges, logistical…
The South African fruit sector is nothing without agricultural workers, thus the sector views its human resource component as its most valuable asset. In a value statement released by Fruit South Africa (FSA), the umbrella body of the South African…
The South African deciduous fruit industry needs to take note of the government’s announcement that it is going to adopt a zero-tolerance stance on the hiring of illegal foreign workers in South Africa. The Department of Home Affairs has developed…
Hortgro calls on all stakeholders to ignore or report any documentation delivered in the name of Operation Dudula, or any other form of intimidation by this group. Several producers received a notification from this group that demanded that employers should…
Text: E Steenkamp South Africa’s pome and stone fruit industries are a cornerstone of the country’s agricultural economy. Roughly 1,150 producers cultivate more than 54,000 hectares across mostly the Western and Eastern Cape, harvesting some 2.13 million tonnes of fruit…
The Transnet strike might be over, but the fruit industry is not out of the woods yet and the aftermath will be felt by all in the value chain for many weeks to come, but mostly on ground level by…