The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) in the Western Cape says it wants to see a model of land expropriation that will give 50% of a farm given to farm workers.
Federation officials are out at Grabouw in the Overberg, where they are educating farm workers about land expropriation.
Provincial leader, Tony Ehrenreich says they are determined that expropriation should be done responsibly.
“Now that government has taken a really progressive position, we are here to ensure that all of the workers are supported by unions and that they’re starting the negotiations to make sure that 50-50 ownership exists on every farm, where the workers own 50%, they take joint decisions, they share control and benefit jointly. That’s the model for the future. We keep some of the experience of the farmers but we make sure of some of the transformation and ownership questions are addressed,” says Ehrenreich.
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