Police Brutality Allegations in Farm Strike

While the farmworkers wage strike has gained support from union COSATU in most of the country's provinces, questions are being raised about the death of a farmworker who was allegedly brutally beaten up by police.

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A tense stand-off between police and protestors in Robertson after farmwokers protest turned violent

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