Remaining at the margins : case study of farm workers in the North West Province, South Africa

dc.contributor.authorLemke, Stefanie
dc.contributor.authorJansen van Rensburg, N.S. (Fanie)
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-13T07:11:44Z
dc.date.available2015-07-13T07:11:44Z
dc.date.issued2014-09
dc.description.abstractThis article explores living conditions, livelihoods and prospects of farmworkers with regard to land reform legislation. Research was conducted from 2004 to 2010 on four farms in the North West Province, interviewing farmworkers and farm owners. Representatives of the agricultural union Agri North West and land analysts were interviewed to obtain their perspective on farm labour. Despite protective legislation, farmworkers’ living and working conditions have deteriorated. Farmworkers further lack alternative livelihood options, perpetuating their dependency on farm owners, who are the only ones providing services and some social security. Among the main barriers in the empowerment of farmworkers are limited insights regarding complex social relationships on farms, the challenge to address the specificity of power relations, and the marginalised position of farmworkers and their lack of agency in the broader political system. Both farmworkers and farm owners need support structures and strengthened institutional capacity to gradually change power dynamics.en_ZA
dc.description.embargo2016-03-05en_ZA
dc.description.librarianhb2015en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipGerman Research Foundation (DFG), the National Research Foundation, South Africa and the Belgian non-governmental organisation Nutrition Third World.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cdsa20en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationStefanie Lemke & Fanie Jansen van Rensburg (2014) Remaining at the margins: Case study of farmworkers in the North West Province, South Africa, Development Southern Africa,31:6, 843-858, DOI:10.1080/0376835X.2014.951990.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0376-835X (print)
dc.identifier.issn1470-3637 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1080/0376835X.2014.951990
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/47979
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_ZA
dc.rights© Development Bank of Southern Africa, 2014. This is an electronic version of an article published in Development Southern Africa, vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 843-858, 2014. doi : 10.1080/0376835X.2014.951990. Development Southern Africa is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.comloi/cdsa20en_ZA
dc.subjectFarm tenure reformen_ZA
dc.subjectLivelihoodsen_ZA
dc.subjectMarginalisationen_ZA
dc.subjectRightsen_ZA
dc.titleRemaining at the margins : case study of farm workers in the North West Province, South Africaen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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