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Want to sell a portion of your farm? Don’t count your chickens before you have consent

11 August 2016

With the continuing drought I can no longer afford to run my entire farming operation and would like to sell... off a portion of my farm. However, as I understand it I may not subdivide my land. What is the legal position, and is there any manner in which I can do this?

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Working hours and minimum wages of farm workers

14 April 2015

For all employers in the agricultural sector, Sectoral Determination 13 relating to Farm Workers must be taken account of when... considering working hours and wages of your farm workers.

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Paniek en onsekerheid vir landbouers oor hul water

30 September 2013

Grootskaalse paniek en onsekerheid heers tans in die gemoed van watergebruikers in die landbougemeenskap. Die inwerkingtreding van die Nasionale Waterwet... in 1998 het ‘n nuwe era ingelei vir watergebruik in Suid-Afrika en baie landbouers voel dat die Wet hul voortbestaan as landbouers bedreig. Hierdie artikel poog om bietjie lig te werp op die belangrikste brandpunte waaroor onkunde heers en gebeure waarvoor die Departement ‘n geelkaart behoort te kry.

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Farm worker basic conditions of contract

29 August 2013

In general, most employees are protected by the Basic Conditions of Employment Act which sets the standard for minimum conditions... of employment. In certain cases to protect vulnerable employees in a specific sector, sectoral determinations are made which provide for minimum conditions for employees in that sector. One such sector is the farming industry where Sectoral Determination 13 regulates the basic conditions of employment and remuneration of farm workers in South Africa.

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