Madam Chair, I give notice that I shall move at the next sitting of the Council:
That the Council -
(1) notes -
(a) the prevalent gross abuse of farm labourers and farm dwellers in Mpumalanga and the country as a whole;
(b) the racist and dirty campaign against farm tenants and labourers, as well as land claims processes, through grave desecrations, assaults, intimidation and illegal evictions; and
(c) that there is a number of instances where labourers are still treated as slaves and subjected to abuses first seen under this country's first colonial powers 300 years ago; and
(2) therefore resolves that -
(a) a vigorous campaign be initiated, inclusive of all stakeholders, to strongly discourage and, in fact, put an end to abuse of farm labourers and dwellers; (b) all cases of assaults, attacks, torture, murders and attempted murders, and the desecration of graves be referred to the National Director for Public Prosecutions for thorough investigations; and
(c) an indaba be arranged for all stakeholders in Mpumalanga with a view to strategising on how to put an end to both this ill- treatment of farm tenants and labourers and the killing of farmers.