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Article

5 Aug 2002

Author:
Mbongeni Zondi, Mercury [South Africa]

'Farmworkers paid as little as R216 a month' [South Africa]

Some farm workers in South Africa are being paid as little as R216 per month - and then farmers make deductions for food rations, a chief inspector of the department of labour has told an inquiry into abuse in farming communities. Being hosted by the South African Human Rights Commission, the inquiry...heard that exploitation of farm workers was rife.