Farm Workers’ Living and Working Conditions in South Africa.
The ILO will be holding a press conference on July 21, 2015 to officially release a report on the living and working conditions of farm workers in South Africa.
15 July 2015
The International Labour Organisation will be holding a press conference on Tuesday the 21st July 2015 at 10h00 in order to officially release a report on the living and working conditions of farm workers in South Africa.
The venue is the ILO Board Room, Ground Floor, Block C Crestway Park, 20 Hotel Street, Persequor, Pretoria.
This research was conducted by four South African Universities under the guidance of Ms. Margareet Visser of the Labour and Enterprise Policy Research Group (LEP), Institute of Development and Labour Law, University of Cape Town and Mr. Stuart Ferrer Director of the Agricultural Policy Research Unit, School of Agricultural, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal.
The research was initiated by the then Chairman of the Port Folio Committee of Rural Development and Land Affairs, Mr. Stone Sizane.
The uniqueness of this research is that the work was coordinated and funded by the International Labour Organisation but overseen and monitored by an oversight committee consisting of Government Officials together with community, worker and employer organisations.
The purpose of this research is to make available an up to date status of the working and living conditions of farm workers and to suggest areas and ways and means of managing the future landscape of agriculture in South Africa.
The research has been undertaken over the past two years and started with a desk review of existing laws and literature and then culminated with field research in eight provinces.
For any information of the press conference or on research process please contact:
Vic van Vuuren – ILO Director Pretoria 082 882 1759 [email protected]
For any information on the report please contact:
The venue is the ILO Board Room, Ground Floor, Block C Crestway Park, 20 Hotel Street, Persequor, Pretoria.
This research was conducted by four South African Universities under the guidance of Ms. Margareet Visser of the Labour and Enterprise Policy Research Group (LEP), Institute of Development and Labour Law, University of Cape Town and Mr. Stuart Ferrer Director of the Agricultural Policy Research Unit, School of Agricultural, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal.
The research was initiated by the then Chairman of the Port Folio Committee of Rural Development and Land Affairs, Mr. Stone Sizane.
The uniqueness of this research is that the work was coordinated and funded by the International Labour Organisation but overseen and monitored by an oversight committee consisting of Government Officials together with community, worker and employer organisations.
The purpose of this research is to make available an up to date status of the working and living conditions of farm workers and to suggest areas and ways and means of managing the future landscape of agriculture in South Africa.
The research has been undertaken over the past two years and started with a desk review of existing laws and literature and then culminated with field research in eight provinces.
For any information of the press conference or on research process please contact:
Vic van Vuuren – ILO Director Pretoria 082 882 1759 [email protected]
For any information on the report please contact:
- Ms. Margareet Visser 021 650 3605/072 2276809 [email protected]
- Mr. Stuart Ferrer 0824495696 [email protected]