Things are not going well in Salsolburg. So far two people have died, and nine others seriously injured during this week’s violent protests.
Free State police said this morning that they have arrested 187 people during yesterday and Sunday’s municipal demarcation protests in Sasolburg.
Striking farmworkers in De Doorns are currently marching towards the offices of the Hex River Valley Table Grapes Association. Along the way, the crowd will also make a stop at the De Doorns police station.
Cosatu’s provincial secretary in the Western Cape, Tony Ehrenreich, said today that the ANC and opposition parties should table a motion of no confidence in Helen Zille. He blames her for the deaths of two people during the recent farm protests in De Doorns and other parts of the Western Cape.
Early reports are that a farmer in Wellington has been pulled form his bakkie and beaten to death by protesting farm labourers in the Western Cape fruit farming region of Wellington. Western Cape Premier, Helen Zille tweeted the following at 13h00 on Wednesday: Reports coming that a farmer has died after being assaulted in Wellington. […]
Over the past week we’ve seen violent protests by farmworkers demanding higher wages and better working conditions. Farmworkers in the De Doorns and other Western Cape areas went on strike in demand of a R150 daily wage. In a bid to show their support, the ANC in the Eastern Cape called for the complete boycott of South African wines yesterday.