South Africa: Gross Violation of Human Rights At Wieta Farm

3 December 2014
press release

On 2 December, a farmworker was assaulted and freedom of association denied on a WIETA farm outside Robertson, South Africa.

Last night the Commercial Stevedoring Agricultural & Allied Workers Union(CSAAWU) was invited by farmworkers to address a meeting at their homes, after hours, on Eilandia farm in Le Chasseur. Before the meeting, the farmer, Migo Viljoen, warned that he will never allow CSAAWU and Assistant General Secretary, Karel Swart, onto the farm.

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