TLU SA warns all farmers in the country to be alert and to take the necessary precautions against people who want to enter their farms to create unrest.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have taken note of the EFF\u2019s so-called labour desks as well as people impersonating labour inspectors to obtain access to farms and farmworkers,\u201d says Mr Drickus Botha, the regional manager of TLU SA North. \u201cTLU SA encourages all rural landowners and inhabitants to join a local safety structure. We can beat rural crime if we all take part.\u201d<\/p>\n
The EFF makes a lot of threats, followed by protests where they hand over memorandums of demand to farm owners. The demands are usually unreasonable, baseless and with no laws to support it.<\/p>\n
The farmers are then threatened to comply with the demands or to face a second visit from the party members.<\/p>\n
TLU SA is aware of instances in Groblersdal, Tolwe and Naboomspruit where people were attacked, and workers were fired.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe EFF misleads workers to such an extent; they don\u2019t even take real labour issues to the CCMA or appropriate departments. The workers only listen to the EFF,\u201d says Mr Botha. \u201cBut the EFF cannot do much more than making promises about what will happen after the upcoming election.\u201d<\/p>\n
TLU SA suggests all farm owners take the following precautionary measures to protect themselves:<\/p>\n
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Issued by: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TLU SA<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Date:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7 December 2020<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Enquiries:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>Mr Henry Geldenhuys, President TLU SA, \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cell.: 083 560 1273<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Mr <\/em><\/strong>Drickus Botha, Regional Manager<\/em><\/strong> TLU SA North,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cell.: <\/em><\/strong>082\u00a0774 9287<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" TLU SA warns all farmers in the country to be alert and to take the necessary precautions against people who want to enter their farms to create unrest. \u201cWe have taken note of the EFF\u2019s so-called labour desks as well as people impersonating labour inspectors to obtain access to farms and farmworkers,\u201d says Mr Drickus […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news-english"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t