Ripe with abuse: human rights conditions in South Africa's fruit and wine industries
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New York, NY ; Berlin [u.a.]
Human Rights Watch
2011
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| Item Description: | Summary and key recommendations -- Methodology -- Understanding South African and Western Cape agriculture -- Governmental and business responsibilities -- Poor housing and evictions from farms -- Occupational and other health and safety issues -- Lack of freedom of association and obstacles to union formation -- Protection and redress -- Detailed recommendation -- Acknowledgements |
| Physical Description: | 105 S. Ill., Kt. 27 cm |
| ISBN: | 1564328015 9781564328014 |
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IMAGE 1
H U M AN
R I G H TS
W A T CH
AUGUST 2011 ^^^H^IH ISBN: 1-56432-801-5
RIPE WITH ABUSE
HUMAN RIGHTS CONDITIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA'S FRUIT AND WINE INDUSTRIES
SUMMARY AND KEY RECOMMENDATIONS 1
METHODOLOGY 22
I. UNDERSTANDING SOUTH AFRICAN AND WESTERN CAPE AGRICULTURE 25
1.1. FARMING IN SOUTH AFRICA AND THE WESTERN CAPE 25
1.2. FARMWORKERS 26
BOX 1: INCREASED VULNERABILITY OF FEMALE FARMWORKERS AND FARM DWELLERS
29
1.3. FARM DWELLERS AND ON-FARM HOUSING 30
1.4. FARMERS, MANAGEMENT, AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN 32
1.5. PREVIOUS SCRUTINY OF FARM WORK IN SOUTH AFRICA 33
II. GOVERNMENTAL AND BUSINESS RESPONSIBILITIES 36
2.1. THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT'S CONSTITUTIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
LEGAL OBLIGATIONS AND RELEVANT DOMESTIC LAW THAT APPLIES TO EMPLOYERS
AND FARM OWNERS 36
EVICTIONS AND HOUSING CONDITIONS 37
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY 39
FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION 41
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT 42
RACIAL AND GENDER DISCRIMINATION 43
2.2. INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS RESPONSIBILITIES OF PRIVATE ACTORS 44
III. POOR HOUSING AND EVICTIONS FROM FARMS 46
3.1. POOR HOUSING CONDITIONS ON FARMS 46
3.2. EVICTIONS 50
3.3. RELATED IMPACT ON RIGHTTO FAMILY LIFE 55
IV. OCCUPATIONAL AND OTHER HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES 57
4.1. PESTICIDE EXPOSURE 57
FAILURE TO PROVIDE PROPER SAFETY EQUIPMENT TO WORKERS WORKING DIRECTLY
WITH PESTICIDES .59
FAILURE TO MITIGATE PESTICIDE EXPOSURE FOR PEOPLE NOT WORKING DIRECTLY
WITH PESTICIDES 61
4.2. SANITATION AND ACCESS TO DRINKING WATER WHILE WORKING 62
TOILETS AND HAND WASHING FACILITIES 63
DRINKING WATER 64
4.3. INJURIES WHILE WORKING 64
4.4. LEGACY OF THE DOP SYSTEM 65
BOX 2: REMNANTS OF THE DOP SYSTEM 67
IMAGE 2
4-5- FAILURE TO PROVIDE SICK LEAVE OR MATERNITY LEAVE 68
BOX 3: CHALLENGES FACED BY FOREIGN MIGRANT WORKERS IN THE WESTERN CAPE
71
V. LACK OF FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION AND OBSTACLES TO UNION FORMATION 72
5.1. OBSTACLES TO UNION FORMATION 72
5.2. FARMERS' EFFORTS TO FORCE OR PERSUADE PEOPLE TO RESIGN FROM UNIONS
74
5.3. POOR TREATMENT OF UNION MEMBERS 76
5.4. IMPACT OF UNION FORMATION 76
VI. PROTECTION AND REDRESS 78
BOX 4: THE GOVERNMENT'S FAILURE TO PROTECT BENEFICIARIES IN FARM EQUITY
SCHEMES 78 6.1. LACK OF EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT MONITORING OF LABOR
CONDITIONS AND ENFORCEMENT OF LABOR LAWS 8O
LABOR INSPECTOR CAPACITY 80
LABOR INSPECTIONS AND THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR AND
AGRI SA 81
6.2. FAILURE OF THE GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT PEOPLE EVICTED FROM FARMS 85
6.3. LIMITED PRIVATE EFFORTS TO ADDRESS CONDITIONS FOR FARMWORKERS AND
FARM DWELLERS 88
BOX 5: BETTER PRACTICES ON FARMS 88
FARMERS' ASSOCIATIONS 90
WINE INDUSTRY GI
FRUIT INDUSTRY .92
FAIRTRADE CERTIFICATION 93
INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC RETAILERS 95
6.4. CONCLUSION 08
VII. DETAILED RECOMMENDATIONS 99
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1OI , |
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