Diary of faith and soul-searching during 18 days of turmoil in Western Cape farm unrest [notice]The Jonker family has farmed on beautiful Weltevrede for 100 years. Until recently this leading estate in the Robertson Wine Valley was a place of peace and harmony. But like other farms in the Western […]
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Cosatu halt to farmworkers’ strike an answer to prayers
Originally published in Times Live Just hours before the resumption of the Western Cape farmworkers’ strike, farmers in the Hex River Valley gathered at the gates of their farms to ask God for help. Their prayers, it seems, were heard. The area was calm yesterday, in stark contrast to last […]
Creative responses needed to problems of unemployment, cheap imports
[notice] Catholic Parliamentary Liaison Organisation researcher, Mayibuye Magwaza, raises some ethical and practical considerations that arise as businesses and unions grapple with the challenges posed by unemployment and the influx of cheap goods from China.[/notice] A recent report in Business Day indicates that a clothing company, Peter Blond and Associates, has […]