Government calls on farm owners to respect dwellers' rights - SABC News - Breaking news, special reports, world, business, sport coverage of all South African current events. Africa's news leader.

farm ownersThe Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Department handed over 35 houses to farm dwellers at the Paardeplaats and Reitfontein farms in eMkhazeni, Mpumalanga.

Speaking during the handover event, Agriculture Deputy Minister Mcebisi Skwatsha said government is concerned about the safety and protection of farm dwellers. He called on farm owners to refrain from blocking development at their farms and respect the rights of dwellers. “The primary purpose of government is to make sure that everybody is safe and secured. But another purpose that we have as government is to make sure that the most vulnerable are protected.

What we are doing is enacted in our laws, the protection of labour tenants and farm dwellers. We protect them even to the extent of providing them with legal representation free of charge. So such cases have to be reported to us so that we deal with them. We have a structure called the land rights management facility that looks at their rights in this regard,” says Skwatsha.

Govt is taking stances that are not informed by reality. This requires serious discussion as the issue is causing havoc in farms. 🙃

Thats a stupid and desperate call from Government , why cant government allocate land for those farms instead of building from someone else's farm?

Government is crazy on land issues why will farmers have always have farm dwelling erect place if they fire that person how is he.she needs safe

Sa govt is the lunatic fringe

There we go again, our government never disappoint.🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 So I bought my land with all my struggles and no helping hand from government and now this? I bet I'll let them rent or pay leases in my property 🤷🏿‍♂️🤷🏿‍♂️🤷🏿‍♂️🤷🏿‍♂️🤷🏿‍♂️

Personally I wouldn't allow any kind of development by an employee in my private property, wrong move by government.

Why is the SA Government not handing over state-owned land to people to build homes & cultivate the land?

Do the dwellers then pay taxes and for services ? Do they pay the debt owing o the land to the bank aswell ? This government is so arrogant they think south Africans are stupid

Who are those dwellers Zimbabweans and Mozambicans? South Africans love foreigners!

While facing food and price increases.?

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We have stupid people in government

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