Information Dissemination

Description

Information on legislation and policies related to the agricultural labour and land sector, such as:

• The Extension of Security of Tenure Act (ESTA),
  
• The Basic Condition of Employment Act (BCEA),
  
• The Labour Relations Act (LRA),
  
• The Employment Equity Act(EEA),
  
• The Skills Development Act (SDA)
  
• Minimum wages and sectoral determinations in agriculture,
• Labour codes as determined by agricultural export bodies etc.

Objectives

• To provide information to key role players on the range of land and labour legislation and policy issues that pertain to the agricultural sector
• To provide a forum where workers from different areas, NGOs and advice offices can discuss common problems and strategies around agricultural labour issues
  
• To raise public awareness of the plight of farm workers
  
• To build a broad support base for the promotion of farm workers' rights

Methods

• Information gathering
  
• Workshops for workers, advice offices and NGOs
  
• Women farm workers are specifically targeted
  
• Seminars for farmers, and interested public
  
• Publications:
  
  • briefing papers for farmers, unions and advice offices and other NGOs on new
• legislation in English and Afrikaans
  
• popularised versions for farm workers and farmers (Xhosa, Afrikaans);
  
• media developed for women farm workers, in particular o research reports (English);
  
• popular mass media reports (Xhosa, Afrikaans);
  
• Innovative distribution methods for information material: using churches, farm schools, mobile clinics, social workers, other NGOs and unions.
  
• Mass media TV and radio interviews and publicity, opinion pieces in the daily newspapers, journal articles in Afrikaans, English and Xhosa
  
• Internet