The Indigenous Traditional Rooibos Farming Communities of the Cederberg Belt say they need land so that they can harvest and commercialise their produce on their own.
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A desire to expose injustice
By Lucas Ledwaba on 28 October 2019
‘Crossing the border illegally into South Africa was like a Sunday afternoon stroll for Shaolin Masache. A customs official at the Beit Bridge border post arranged for Masache to get a gate pass after accepting a bribe of R100, which he shared with a police officer on duty at the border post. Masache, 28, walked into South Africa without a passport…He arrived in the farming town of Waterpoort in the Northern Province two days later after a punishing 90km walk…
The land is our employer
By Lucas Ledwaba on 5 September 2019
WHEN the women of Motloulela realised the despair caused by unemployment in their village – they decided to do something.

