Seasonal workers take farm owner to CCMA for “unfair dismissal and illegal eviction”
Over 30 farm workers have taken the owners of Paardekop Vrugte in Citrusdal in the Western Cape to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), claiming unfair dismissal. They also argue that their eviction from hostels on the farm was illegal.
On 10 March, the migrant workers from Lesotho returned to work after a week’s leave to find their belongings dumped outside and were told that they no longer had employment. The farm workers claim that some of them had been working on the farm since 2008.
Farm worker and supervisor, Eketsang Mohlomi, said he has been working on the farm for 12 years. “We had gone back home to Lesotho for a week with transport provided by the company. While away, we got calls from other colleagues telling us that our belongings like clothes and appliances, were sitting outside,” he said.












