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JOINT STATEMENT OF MINISTER NXESI AND MEC MANOPOLE ON THEIR VISIT TO NORTHERN CAPE FARMS AFTER THE DEATH OF FARM WORKERS IN KAKAMAS.
25 January 2023
JOINT STATEMENT OF MINISTER NXESI AND MEC MANOPOLE ON THEIR VISIT TO NORTHERN CAPE FARMS AFTER THE DEATH OF FARM WORKERS IN KAKAMAS
The Minister of Employment and Labour Thulas Nxesi has warned farmers in the Northern Cape that food security will be affected if preservation of the livelihood of farmworkers is not prioritised. On Monday, 23 January 2023, the Minister together with the Northern Cape MEC for Agriculture, Environmental Affairs, Rural Development and Land Reform Mase Manopole, visited three farms (Groenheuwel, Loveren and Tierkop) in Kakamas, in the Northern Cape, where eight (8) farmworkers passed on, from what is suspected to be a heatstroke.