Who are the transgressors, those who expect people to live on the money they give their girl child to entertain their boyfriend s on one weekend or those who rightfully demand to be paid a fair living wage mhhh Report Abuse
Nov 14, 2012
antie
tman, I'd say the ones who give their children more pocket money than they give their workers pay are transgressors, and the ones who destroy and kil.l in order to have their demands met are transgressors. Another Ghandi would have been the solution now. Report Abuse
Robin and Antie, since your forefathers left you two with ill gotten riches and land they possessed through a barrel of a gun, my guess is in your lives, you have never lived on 80 per day Report Abuse
Nov 14, 2012
Chichi7
So they kill the farmers, burn down the fields, destroy property, destroy machinery and once the the smoke is over, then what? Report Abuse
Nov 14, 2012
MommaC
I can't wait to see the back of 2012. Never has there been so much violence and bloodshed. Even during apartheid, I don't remember it being this hectic. What the hell is wrong with our country? Report Abuse
Nov 14, 2012
tman992000
then they gonna brew some left overs of grapes and drink themselves into stupudor, that what they had been paid with since time immorial Report Abuse
Nov 14, 2012
tman992000
How would you know Mommac cause the journalists were arrested for reporting such things, while you had the time of your life in your secured residential areas were a black man was not allowed after hours, the recruits of sadf some as young as 17 yrs where terrorising the elders in the townships Report Abuse
Nov 14, 2012
MommaC
tman992000
Ja laatjie, you know it all, ne? Omnipitent, that's what you are.
Pity you don't know the difference between table grapes and wine grapes - or anything else for that mattter Report Abuse
Nov 14, 2012
antie
tman, If you read my comments on the other articles pertaining to this subject, you would know that I think R 80.00 per day is daylight robbery, and these workers deserve R 150.00 per day. Don't just jump to conclusions, it's very tiring and unproductive exercise. That still does not give the strikers the right to destroy. It makes them just as guilty as their bosses. Which land is that my forefathers left me? I am tired of paying rent. Report Abuse
Nov 14, 2012
kayamaz
antie it shows what you know about them, nothing! The R80 they get is only what they call the "Clear" pay, they get housing free water lighting and maintenance and they only pay 25% of their electricity bills. They get what we call "cost to company" of more than R150 already but now they burn and kill because of Cosatu and ANC making the western cape ungovernable! The ANC is going to far in the western cape they don't care about the workers! Report Abuse
Nov 14, 2012
16-12-1838
tman992000
As you appear to be sane and graced with an education other than that offered by the current criminal regime, please could you answer the following...who is responsible for setting the legislated minimum wage for farmworkers? Report Abuse
Exactly my friend...but can I also add that the ones causing all the destruction and disruption are not the permanent workers from that region but mainly seasonal workers who are either migrant labourers or locals who are habitually uninterested in working on a permanent basis (i.e drunks/lazy). Therefore why should they benefit any more than the minimum wage anc/cosatu have stipulated - surely in life you get out what you put in?????
This is just cheap anc politicking and a wanton attempt to destabalise the only province that is attempting to increase the quality of life for all its inhabitants...DESTROY - it is one of the very very few things, besides blatant theft, that the pathetic anc are able to do correctly and efficiently. Time for change - down with anc corruption, incompetence and violence!!
A life, wether black or white or coloured, is worth less then R80.00... Go on, kill the bread basket of Africa.. go on kill, rape, burn, toy toy, stab, slash, carry on..... kill yourselves
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tman992000
Who are the transgressors, those who expect people to live on the money they give their girl child to entertain their boyfriend s on one weekend or those who rightfully demand to be paid a fair living wage mhhhReport Abuse
antie
tman, I'd say the ones who give their children more pocket money than they give their workers pay are transgressors, and the ones who destroy and kil.l in order to have their demands met are transgressors. Another Ghandi would have been the solution now.Report Abuse
RobinX
tman: Both parties are.Report Abuse
tman992000
Robin and Antie, since your forefathers left you two with ill gotten riches and land they possessed through a barrel of a gun, my guess is in your lives, you have never lived on 80 per dayReport Abuse
Chichi7
So they kill the farmers, burn down the fields, destroy property, destroy machinery and once the the smoke is over, then what?Report Abuse
MommaC
I can't wait to see the back of 2012. Never has there been so much violence and bloodshed. Even during apartheid, I don't remember it being this hectic. What the hell is wrong with our country?Report Abuse
tman992000
then they gonna brew some left overs of grapes and drink themselves into stupudor, that what they had been paid with since time immorialReport Abuse
tman992000
How would you know Mommac cause the journalists were arrested for reporting such things, while you had the time of your life in your secured residential areas were a black man was not allowed after hours, the recruits of sadf some as young as 17 yrs where terrorising the elders in the townshipsReport Abuse
MommaC
tman992000Ja laatjie, you know it all, ne? Omnipitent, that's what you are.
Pity you don't know the difference between table grapes and wine grapes - or anything else for that mattter
Report Abuse
antie
tman, If you read my comments on the other articles pertaining to this subject, you would know that I think R 80.00 per day is daylight robbery, and these workers deserve R 150.00 per day. Don't just jump to conclusions, it's very tiring and unproductive exercise. That still does not give the strikers the right to destroy. It makes them just as guilty as their bosses. Which land is that my forefathers left me? I am tired of paying rent.Report Abuse
kayamaz
antie it shows what you know about them, nothing! The R80 they get is only what they call the "Clear" pay, they get housing free water lighting and maintenance and they only pay 25% of their electricity bills. They get what we call "cost to company" of more than R150 already but now they burn and kill because of Cosatu and ANC making the western cape ungovernable! The ANC is going to far in the western cape they don't care about the workers!Report Abuse
16-12-1838
tman992000As you appear to be sane and graced with an education other than that offered by the current criminal regime, please could you answer the following...who is responsible for setting the legislated minimum wage for farmworkers?
Report Abuse
Google12
tman992000- well said!Report Abuse
16-12-1838
kayamazExactly my friend...but can I also add that the ones causing all the destruction and disruption are not the permanent workers from that region but mainly seasonal workers who are either migrant labourers or locals who are habitually uninterested in working on a permanent basis (i.e drunks/lazy). Therefore why should they benefit any more than the minimum wage anc/cosatu have stipulated - surely in life you get out what you put in?????
This is just cheap anc politicking and a wanton attempt to destabalise the only province that is attempting to increase the quality of life for all its inhabitants...DESTROY - it is one of the very very few things, besides blatant theft, that the pathetic anc are able to do correctly and efficiently. Time for change - down with anc corruption, incompetence and violence!!
Report Abuse
Poppitlove
A life, wether black or white or coloured, is worth less then R80.00... Go on, kill the bread basket of Africa.. go on kill, rape, burn, toy toy, stab, slash, carry on..... kill yourselvesReport Abuse
Poppitlove
Soon there will be NO jobs, no food and fatter rulers... just like you want it and R80 will not even buy you a bread.Report Abuse
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