Fresh from a child labour seminar in Brazil, Labour Minister, Mildred Oliphant, is to join teams of inspectors during the week-long agricultural blitz inspections in the Western Cape region of Citrusdal.
Accompanying her will be senior officials of the department who will witness the Minister at work. She will also be joined by Department of Labour Director-General, Nkosinathi Nhleko.
The campaign will focus on checking compliance with occupational health and safety (OHS) conditions as well as the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA). In her pursuance of the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) goal of decent work, the Minister will also use the occasion to impress upon employers that “workers’ rights are human rights and that they should not prioritise profits above workers’ lives.”
The media is invited to join the Minister for a post inspection media briefing:
Date: Thursday, 17 October 2013
Time: 13h00
Venue: Mouton Citrus Farming (approx. 13kms from Citrusdal town, West Coast)
Boardroom
Enquiries:
Musa Zondi
Ministerial Spokesperson
Cell: 082 901 8081
Candice van Reenen
Cell: 083 243 3353
