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ANA reports that SA Parastatal and Tertiary Institutions Union (Saptu), which is an affiliate in the agricultural sector of labour federation Fedusa, has called on government to act decisively to stop ruthless farm murders.
“Saptu has noted with great concern that 11 people were killed on farms in the first 14 days of February this year alone, averaging one murder a day,” the federation said in a statement on Saturday. Fedusa said it believed it was high time the state looked deeper into the real causes of farm killings rather than just treating it as common crime or a way of dealing with the thorny land reform issue. “Our agricultural community is a strategically important component that ensures stability by being putting food on everyone’s table,” Fedusa general secretary Dennis George pointed out. This sentiment was echoed by Saptu’s leadership.
- Read this report in full at The Citizen
- Read Saptu’s press styatement in this regard at SA Labour News
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