Parliamentary Committees on Agriculture and Labour to conduct oversight visits in Kwazulu-Natal Farms
The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development and the Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour will embark on a three-day oversight visit to farms around the Province of KwaZulu-Natal’s UThukela and Amajuba District Municipalities.
This joint oversight follows the National Assembly’s resolution, adopted on 10 November 2020, for the two committees to assess the impact of legislation and explore opportunities for legislative review. Furthermore, the resolution instructs the committees to jointly focus on the following:
- Comprehensive oversight on executive action in the implementation of legislation aimed at improving the living and working conditions of farm workers, farm dwellers and farmers;
- Government’s commitments toward improved living and working conditions in the farming communities, including work done by stakeholders in the agricultural sector; and
- Impact assessment of legislation affecting farm workers and make recommendations for legislative amendments.
Details of the delegation’s programme are as follows:
Day 1 – Friday, 12 August 2022 - Joint meeting with UThukela Region and Amajuba Region Stakeholders.
Stakeholder meeting with Government Departments, Civil Society Organisations, Organised Labour, agriculture NGOs and CBOs etc.
Time: 10:00 – 13:00
Venue: Garden Court Blackrock Newcastle
Uthukela Region site visits
Site visit 1 – conditions and dynamics of employment and labour on farms (Led by Department of Employment and Labour)
Time: 14:00 – 17:00
Farm visit: Blarnen Farm in Elandslaagte
Amajuba Region site visits
Site visit 1 – conditions and dynamics of employment and labour on farms (Led by Department of Employment and Labour)
Time: 14:00 – 17:00
Farm visit: Ingagane Fort in Normandien
Uthukela Region site visit:
Day 2 – Saturday, 13 August 2022
Site visit 1 – conditions and dynamics of employment and labour on farms (Led by Department of Employment and Labour)
Time: 9:00 – 11:00
Farm visit: Green Ranches Farm in Bergville
Site visit 2 – Farm dwellers’/labour tenants’ access to land and living conditions (Led by DALRRD)
Time: 11:00 – 13:00
Farm visit: Moorside Brinley Farm in Besters
Followed by a meeting with farmworkers/farm dwellers/labour tenants (Public hearings)
Time: 13:00 –17:00
Venue: Moorside Brinley Farm in Besters
Day 3 – Sunday, 14 August 2022
Site visit 3 – Conditions and dynamics of employment and labour on farms (Led by DALRRD)
Time: 9:00 – 11:00
Farm visit: Hillside farm in Bergville
Site visit 4 – Farm dwellers/labour tenants’ access to land and the living conditions (Led by DEL)
Time: 11:00 – 13:00
Farm visit: Inkunzi Farm piggery on N11
Followed by a meeting with farmworkers/farm dwellers/labour tenants (Public hearings)
Time: 13:00 – 17:00
Venue: Inkunzi Farm piggery on N11
Amajuba Region site visits:
Day 2 – Saturday, 13 August 2022
Site visit 1 – conditions and dynamics of employment and labour on farms (Led by Department of Employment and Labour)
Time: 9:00 – 11:00
Farm visit: Bideford Farm in Normandien
Site visit 2 – conditions and dynamics of employment and labour on farms (Led by Department of Employment and Labour)
Time: 11:00 – 13:00
Farm Site: Felixstowe in Normandien
Followed by a meeting with farmworkers/farm dwellers/labour tenants (Public hearings)
Time: 13:00 –17:00
Venue: Newcastle Farmers Hall
Day 3 – Sunday, 14 August 2022
Site visit 3 – Conditions and dynamics of employment and labour on farms (Led by Department of Employment and Labour)
Time: 9:00 – 11:00
Farm visit: Glen Rocky farm on D90 ROAD in Normandien
Followed by a meeting with farmworkers/farm dwellers/labour tenants (Public hearings)
Time: 13:00 –17:00
Venue: Newcastle Farmers Hall
For media inquiries, contact:
Nhlanhla Khumalo
Provincial Communication Officer (DEL KZN)
Cell: 066 488 0265
Email: Nhlanhla.Khumalo@labour.gov.za
