Farworkers strike has a negative effect on the economy
Imogen Vollenhoven
10
January 2013
Police and farmworkers fought running battles along the N1 highway, halting traffic and shutting off a number of towns.
Protesters near De Doorns set barricades on fire and threw rocks, stones and debris at police vehicles, prompting officers in riot gear to respond with a volley of rubber bullets and tear gas.
Labour Analyst Loane Sharp said the strike is having a negative effect on the economy.
Sharp adds that the effect on the economy is very severe, it may seem that once the strike is over that things will return to normal but in fact export contracts are put at risk, supply chains through the domestic economy are interrupted.
Sharp said that the damage from theses farmworkers strikes on the economy is very significant and it really disturbsSouth Africa
Police and farmworkers fought running battles along the N1 highway, halting traffic and shutting off a number of towns.
Protesters near De Doorns set barricades on fire and threw rocks, stones and debris at police vehicles, prompting officers in riot gear to respond with a volley of rubber bullets and tear gas.
Labour Analyst Loane Sharp said the strike is having a negative effect on the economy.
Sharp adds that the effect on the economy is very severe, it may seem that once the strike is over that things will return to normal but in fact export contracts are put at risk, supply chains through the domestic economy are interrupted.
Sharp said that the damage from theses farmworkers strikes on the economy is very significant and it really disturbs
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