Speaker, there are different programmes in the department. For example, when it comes to seasonal workers, we have discussed the matter with the farmers and said that they can approach the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration for the training layoff schemes they can use. There are also different programmes in the Department of Agriculture that have support funding for farmers.
At the same time we must not assume, when we have decided on the sectoral determination, that the farmers can't afford it. I say this precisely because the majority of the farmers, particularly in Limpopo, have raised the issue that instead of paying the current sectoral determination of R105 per day, they would rather pay that to foreign nationals. Therefore, you cannot say that they can't afford it.
It is the attitude of some of the farmers when they are responding to that that I want to mention, and this includes those that have applied for exemptions. They didn't give us the documents that were required. As we speak, we have refused 480 farmers because they didn't submit the documents that they were supposed to submit. That shows that they can afford to pay the workers according to the sectoral determination. Thank you.