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Exploitation of Farm Workers in the work place: briefing by Human Rights Watch and FAWU
Employment and Labour
07 November 2011
Chairperson: Mr M Nchabeleng (ANC) and (Acting) Mr K Manamela (ANC)
Meeting Summary
International organisation, Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU) made representations to the joint meeting of the Portfolio Committees on Labour and Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
Human Rights Watch presented its report: "Ripe with Abuse – Human Rights conditions in
▪ HRW asked the government to better protect farm workers and farm dwellers, primarily by monitoring and enforcing the labour and tenure security laws that already existed. In addition, the government had to devise plans to address the short-term needs of evicted farm dwellers.
▪ HRW asked private actors, including farmers' associations, industry bodies, and retailers, in South Africa and abroad who buy fruit and wine from the Western Cape, to do more to improve conditions on farms and to ensure that farmers complied with all laws and industry codes of conduct.
▪ HRW believed consumer pressure was essential and could make a difference. HRW was not calling for a boycott, but was asking consumers to ask about the conditions under which the products they bought were produced, and to explicitly request that products be made available that were grown, harvested, packed, and bottled by producers that were subject to ethical audits.
▪ Government and industry needed to encourage best practices as well and profile farms already doing so.
▪ Government needed to form an inter-departmental task team that could deal with a range of issues such as legal and illegal evictions, temporary shelter, and labour rights.
▪ HRW asked the government to better protect farm workers and farm dwellers, primarily by monitoring and enforcing the labour and tenure security laws that already existed. In addition, the government had to devise plans to address the short-term needs of evicted farm dwellers.
▪ HRW asked private actors, including farmers' associations, industry bodies, and retailers, in South Africa and abroad who buy fruit and wine from the Western Cape, to do more to improve conditions on farms and to ensure that farmers complied with all laws and industry codes of conduct.
▪ HRW believed consumer pressure was essential and could make a difference. HRW was not calling for a boycott, but was asking consumers to ask about the conditions under which the products they bought were produced, and to explicitly request that products be made available that were grown, harvested, packed, and bottled by producers that were subject to ethical audits.
Members asked why HRW did not name and shame the farmers perpetrating human and workers' rights abuses. Members suggested part of the tax on wine should be used to address the challenges faced by workers in the wine and fruit agricultural sector.
The Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU) was aware of the plight of farm workers and forged strategic partnerships with several institutions, locally and internationally, to tackle the human and worker-rights related issues of farm workers. It dedicated resources to focus on the plight of farm workers and -dwellers.
There were widespread violations of the rights of farm workers by farm owners. FAWU stated that farm workers suffered beatings, insults, and were brutally killed in some instances. These cases were often poorly investigated by the police and the perpetrators got off with very light or suspended sentences. Workers' ID documents were confiscated, especially around election times. Farm workers often lived in squalor, often without access to affordable food, clean water, electricity or proper sanitation. In response to changing policy and workers trying to organise themselves in unions, evictions from accommodation on farms had increased.
Farm owners often prevented government social services access to the farm workers on their land. FAWU suggested that agri-villages would solve the problem and would give farm workers access to bulk infrastructure like sewage, water supply, electricity, public transport, cemeteries and recreational facilities. The seasonal nature of farm work defeated long-term wealth creation and sustainability. Many farm owners did not comply with labour laws. For these reasons there was hardly a possibility of collective bargaining to improve working conditions or protection against summary dismissals. FAWU recommended that the HRW recommendations on the situation in the
Members complained that the FAWU submission consisted of broad generalisations and needed to be more specific regarding statistics on human rights abuses. The submission tended to paint all farmers with the same brush and imply that most did not comply with labour legislation. Members did note that when white farmers were killed, it made the headlines, but when black farm workers were killed, nobody except the person's immediate circle was interested. The Portfolio Committees agreed that they had to see that the departments, over which they had oversight, had the energy and resources to do the necessary inspection work on the ground which was severely lacking.
Meeting report
Human Rights Watch (HRW) submission
Ms Charlene Harry, Research officer, HRW, delivered the presentation on the HRW report called:
"Ripe with Abuse – Human Rights conditions in South Africa's Fruit and Wine Industries"
This report was based on research conducted between September 2010 and May 2011, including field visits to South Africa in November-December 2010 and February-March 2011. Human Rights Watch interviewed over 260 people for this report. This included 85 current farm workers and 32 former farm workers. In addition, HRW interviewed 16 farm dwellers who were not current or former farm workers, and 14 farm owners or farmers' association representatives. HRW also interviewed trade union representatives; labor brokers; civil society members; legal services providers; representatives from the fruit, wine, and alcohol industries; academics; and third-party auditors, among others. It spoke to labor inspectors, government employees, and politicians. Nearly all of the interviews were conducted in person with the exception of a few telephone interviews. In addition, HRW exchanged correspondence with some private actors, including retailers and farmers' associations.
With only a few exceptions, almost all of the farm workers and farm dwellers worked or lived on farms that produced fruit or grapes for wine. These workers worked in the fields, in on-farm pack houses, or in both.
Interviewees were identified through a variety of methods. In many cases interviews with farm workers or farm dwellers were arranged with the assistance of organizations that work with or provide services to those populations. Trade unions facilitated interviews with some of their members. Other farm workers were identified through spending time in communities where they lived. Some farm workers or farm dwellers that HRW approached declined to be interviewed; a few stated that they wanted to tell HRW their story but were too afraid that their employer would punish them if they did. Farm owners were primarily identified through employers' associations and civil society organizations. Given the precautions that we took to ensure that no negative repercussions arose for interviewees, in almost all cases we interviewed either the farm owners/supervisors, or the farm workers/dwellers, from a farm, but not both.
The industry also directly and indirectly supported an estimated 275,606 jobs in
Farm workers in the Western Cape provided critical contributions to the country's economy, fruit, wine, and tourism industries, but many farm workers worked without access to water or toilets; were exposed to toxic pesticides without the proper safety equipment; earned among the lowest wages in South Africa; and were denied legal benefits to which they were entitled.
Workers who lived on farms were often given substandard housing, and they and their families were vulnerable to evictions without any place to go if they were forced off the land.
HRW interviewed a worker and his family who had been living in a former pig stall for ten years and workers living in metal shipping containers for up to five years. In the worst cases, farm dwellers were forced from the land on which they grew up, or were evicted and ended up homeless
HRW found that two farms provided dop (wine) to workers, a practice that was outlawed decades ago. One farm provided it daily, apparently as partial compensation; the other provided it instead of overtime payment. These practices were clearly illegal and also exploitative.
Most farm workers were denied paid sick leave as required by law. For example, the law required that farm workers be provided with sick leave for up to two days without having to provide a medical certificate, but almost all farm workers HRW spoke to said that they were required to provide a doctor's letter or clinic letter first, which can be prohibitively expensive or time-consuming for a worker.
Conditions on farms varied, and HRW found a range of situations in respect of human rights.
It was the exception, in its research, to find farms that fully complied with all legislation. Only a small handful of the approximately 60 farms HRW reviewed were fully compliant, particularly because so many farms appeared not to provide the legally-required sick leave without a medical certificate.
HRW documented workers who were physically beaten and a worker who was told to work after being declared disabled and then threatened with eviction when he could not.
A few farms on which HRW did research, on the other hand, went beyond complying with the law, and provided even greater benefits to workers. For example, farmers and farm workers described farmers who provided land to workers to grow their own food, who provided educational support to workers or their children, and who set up trusts that benefited workers.
The Department of Labour (DoL) was in charge of monitoring and enforcing labour laws, but at the time of research, the
HRW interviewed 117 workers and former workers, some of whom had been working for decades, and only one worker told HRW that he had been interviewed by a labour inspector. Farmers also told HRW that labour inspectors seldom visited. One farm operating since 2001 said they had never received a visit from a labour inspector.
The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform was seen as the custodian of the current land tenure security law, but had not been able to ensure that farm dwellers were always protected by the law. The Department did not have enough employees focused on providing support to farm dwellers. It also did not track evictions from farms (either legal or illegal), which made it difficult for government, farmers, and civil society groups to understand the scope of the problem.
HRW asked the government to better protect farm workers and farm dwellers, primarily by monitoring and enforcing the labour and tenure security laws that already existed. In addition, the government had to devise plans to address the short-term needs of evicted farm dwellers.
HRW asked private actors, including farmers' associations, industry bodies, and retailers, in South Africa and abroad who buy fruit and wine from the Western Cape, to do more to improve conditions on farms and to ensure that farmers complied with all laws and industry codes of conduct.
HRW believed consumer pressure was essential and could make a difference. HRW was not calling for a boycott, but was asking consumers to ask about the conditions under which the products they bought were produced, and to explicitly request that products be made available that were grown, harvested, packed, and bottled by producers that were subject to ethical audits.
Government and industry needed to encourage best practices as well and profile the farms that were already doing so.
Government needed to form an inter-departmental task team that could deal with a range of issues such as legal and illegal evictions, temporary shelter, and labour rights.
Mr A Williams (ANC) asked what the attitude of farmer associations was towards the HRW report.
Mr Williams asked if the different farmer associations had any influence on how farmers treated their workers.
Mr E Nyekembe (ANC) joined Mr Williams in asking whether HRW met with the trade unions and Agri-SA to discuss the outcome of the report, and if the answer was yes, what was their reaction?
Ms Harry replied that some were enthusiastic and helpful. Some allowed interviews to happen within work time. Agri-SA participated for most of the process, but pulled out at the latter stages and did not want to communicate with HRW anymore.
Mr D du Toit (DA) said that he understood the main problem to be the lack of labour inspectors. That could not be blamed on the farming community.
Ms Harry replied that more labour inspectors were needed. A ratio of 107: 6000 was not ideal. The inspectorate needed more capacity.
Mr Nyekembe asked whether farmers adhered to the standards agreed to in sectoral determination forums. The report reflected non-adherence to sectoral determination agreements, irrespective of being visited by labour inspectors.
Mr Du Toit said that when the report was published, it got lambasted by the Department of Land Reform and Rural Development. There was six week media frenzy after the launch of the report. What was the result of the media attention?
Ms Harry replied that HRW launched the report in August. There were no responses yet.
Ms D Carter (COPE) said that human dignity was not negotiable, but the report was unreliable. In some places it said that 14 farms were sampled and in other places 60? What methodology was used. How was the sample chosen? It was not a generalisation of what was happening on all farms.
Ms Harry replied, regarding the generalisation, that this was not new information.
Ms M Pilusa-Mosoane (ANC) said that the research was based in the
Ms Harry replied that HRW also did surveys on migrant workers in Limpopo and
The Chairperson said he wanted the specifics of the methodology.
Ms Harry replied that this question came up in most meetings. One could flaw the methodology; HRW had issued two reports in the past. The actual issue was a lack of response and a lack of change.
The Chairperson came back to the question of methodology. Nobody doubted the abuses, the evictions and the non-compliance with labour legislation, but the Committees had to get a sense of the extent of the problem. There was a difference between sampling 12 or 60 farms. Out of 6000 farms, how many were sampled. It may not be detrimental to the workers. The meeting just had to understand that out of 6000 farms, x number of people were interviewed. She had to clarify the methodology.
Mr Du Toit said that he was confused. How have HRW identified the farms to be visited? 60 farms out of 6000 was 1% which was unrepresentative. If the associations that HRW worked with pointed the farms out, because there were known problems on those farms, then it was an unfair sample. The claims made here were unsubstantiated and one-sided. He wanted to see the correspondence and emails between HRW and Agri-SA and
Ms Carter said whether it was 1 or 100 people affected, it did not matter. The report talked about samples of 14 which was 0.02% or 60 which was 1% of the 6000 farms that existed. Were farms targeted from which complaints had been received, or were they randomly chosen? It was important to know that.
The Chairperson said that one should not deny that there were problems on farms or that farm owners in some instances did not comply with the labour laws of the country. On the question of methodology, the farms were visited and there were problems on those farms. It was wrong to deny that there was a problem. Maybe it was on those 60 farms or maybe on the majority of those farms. Another important point was that government had to be leading in doing the actual research to determine the extent of the problem.
Ms Harry replied that on page 9, it stated that various methods were used. Some interviewees came from trade unions, some from the communities, some were farm dwellers. Some farm dwellers declined to be interviewed for fear that their employer would find out. The HRW took precautions not to expose farm dwellers to negative repercussions. Farm dwellers and owners of the same farm were not both interviewed. HRW had received requests, emails, and telephone calls reporting incidents of HR abuses on farms. HRW did a feasibility study to gauge the extent of the problem and found that there was a problem. HRW served to amplify the voices, not to sensationalise issues and have media drives. This report had not impacted negatively on the sales of South African products overseas.
Mr Williams asked which farms still used the dop system.
Ms M Phaliso (ANC) said that it was worrying, the report on the
Ms Harry replied that the contact with the sources remained confidential. Partners who worked with HRW would be able to give the details. HRW would make the contact details of the partners available. She could not name the farms or farm owners. The workers and owners of 60 farms were interviewed. The numbers of interviewees were sizeable. HRW had a meeting with the Minister of Agriculture and took strength from her response. Ms Harry said that the methodology could be found lacking, but the issues were there. HRW was looking for a partnership with government, trade unions and social partners. She would be happy to provide the Committee with contact details of organised labour, vetted by legal advocates. She could facilitate it.
Ms Phaliso said the Chairperson was right in pointing out that there was a problem in terms of gross human rights violations by certain farm owners. She asked whether the government departments had responded to what HRW pointed out. Did the identified departments help the homeless to give them homes? Were there responses?
Ms Harry replied that the DOL and the National Department of Human Settlements (NDHS) did not respond at all to requests for meetings. The Department of Rural Development and Land Reform responded and was helpful. The level of service regarding checking the evictions was low. There was no system in place which tracked what happened to evictees after evictions.
Mr S Abram (ANC) said that a significant number of farm owners saw their labour force as extended family and treated them as such. The law said the basic conditions of employment had to be adhered to. He tried to be future orientated. Yes, there were workers who abused workers. Had the government failed its people? His answer was yes, government had failed. HRW had recommendations. The report said that no government department had an action plan to respond to the short-term needs of evicted farm dwellers.
Mr Abram said the Department had contracted a firm of lawyers that was supposed to assist the people. The firm was based in
He said people needed to be better protected by labour and tenure security laws. Had they found evidence? When people approached government departments, what were the responses? Government departments, when dealing with sensitive issues were often found lacking. They did not know how to communicate with people. The lawyers which were supposed to protect them were bought over and farm workers realised it. Farm workers had to be respected and not under-estimated. He placed a great premium on organised agriculture. The people involved were people with integrity and the issues raised had to be discussed with them. He understood HRW's reluctance to divulge information given to it in confidence, but he asked whether the information could not be given in confidence, so that the problems could be solved.
Ms N Twala (ANC) asked whether there were any improvements to the situation or was the situation getting worse. Were there any deaths during the beatings and gross human rights violations?
Mr M Nchabeleng (ANC) said that the recommendations were good. Workers rights were human rights. HRW was an international institution doing what government was supposed to do. It was not helpful, when monitoring and righting wrongs that HRW did not want to make information available on who the human rights abusers were. He found it disturbing that HRW made agreements with abusers. Government needed to have meetings with the people mentioned. Laws were made to be respected. Anyone who broke the law had to be taken to court. Maybe the purpose of the research was just to raise the consciousness. Government had a lead on where to serve.
Mr M Johnson, Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, said that he had a sense of serious arrogance and defensiveness on the part of Ms Harry, in the way she did the presentation as well as her responses to the questions posed to her. What was the role of the report? HRW was doing a good job. It wanted press coverage. He asked whether HRW had identified the role of such a report to target direction on accommodation, wages, health, and conditions of employment. Had HRW thought about how to use the report in addressing the conditions on the farms?
Ms Harry apologised to the Chair and the meeting, including Mr Johnson, for coming across as arrogant.
Ms Harry said that blitzes on farms were unsustainable. One could not do blitzes on all farms. People had to respect the Constitution.
Mr Du Toit pointed out that the report was written by Kaitlin Cordes. He asked who Charlene Harry was that she now came to do the presentation. He said that the report stated, under Acknowledgements that there were discussions with Karel Opperman and Carl Swarts from Agri-WC, but their inputs were not reflected in the report. He asked whether the government should not consider ring-fencing the tax on liquor to be ploughed back into the sector. The Government received more tax on a bottle wine than the amount the farmer received. Why did the HRW not recommend this?
Ms Harry replied that HRW could look at what it could do regarding this recommendation.
A Committee Member said that the government had to put together a task team.
Ms Harry replied that HRW's recommendation was that an intergovernmental task team be set up consisting of the Departments of Human Settlements, Rural Development and Land Reform, and Labour to work together on the issues and speed up the RDP program.
Mr Nchabeleng said the purpose of the report was that it was a tool to assist government where necessary.
The Chairperson said that as part of the way forward, the report had to be discussed with the other departments mentioned. The report was not groundbreaking. The issues had been raised before. The Committee needed more specific information on the farms where the dop-system was still being practised. The specific information had to be provided regarding the abuses so that people who were breaking the law could be exposed. Irrespective of whether there were institutions to enforce the law, it had to be applied. Employers had to follow the laws. The report seemed sensationalist, because of the fact that the report seemed to want to impact on the wine industry. Nobody wanted a thriving wine industry on the back of the misery of the workers. The report would keep on the radar the ability and willingness of employers to comply with labour laws. The Committee would engage with more people and in order to get a deeper understanding of the situation with farm workers.
Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU) submission
Mr Moleko Phakedi, FAWU National Deputy General Secretary, said FAWU organised workers in the food and beverage processing, sales and distribution sector, primary and secondary agricultural sector, forestry plantations and processing, fishing in and off-shore and processing, and all other related sectors. It was locally affiliated to the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and internationally to the International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Association (IUF). It had a national membership of 127 000 of which roughly 31 000 were farm workers.
FAWU was aware of the plight of farm workers and forged strategic partnerships with several institutions, locally and internationally, to tackle the human and worker-rights related issues of farm workers. It dedicated resources to focus on the plight of farm workers and -dwellers. It aimed to increase its knowledge and understanding of the sector, to set up strategic and progressive partnerships, and to mobilise resources towards coordinated collective programs to improve the working and living conditions of farm workers.
There were widespread violations of the rights of farm workers by farm owners. Farm workers suffered beatings, insults, and were brutally killed in some instances. These cases were often poorly investigated by the police and the perpetrators got off with very light or suspended sentences. Workers' ID documents were confiscated, especially around election times.
The fact that the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) had to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Farming Communities of South Africa at the Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg on 18 March 2009, to negotiate the freedom for farm workers to participate in elections, spoke volumes about the lack of access farm workers had to a basic right granted to all South Africans by the Constitution.
Farm workers often lived in squalor, without access to affordable food, clean water, electricity or proper sanitation. In response to changing policy and workers trying to organise themselves in unions, evictions from accommodation on farms had increased, leaving many farm workers homeless. Farm owners often prevented government social services access to the farm workers on their land. Only agri-villages would solve the problem and would give farm workers access to bulk infrastructure like sewage, water supply, electricity, public transport, cemeteries and recreational facilities. Children of farm workers did not have the same access to education as urban dwellers, because of high school fees, a lack of transport or the cost of it and long distances that had to be travelled. The schools were often on private property, which they could not access. Their unhealthy social environments lead to anti-social behaviour or early parenthood, forcing them to become farm workers themselves. Worldwide, workers in the agricultural sector were considered vulnerable. They worked under dangerous conditions. Women and children were even more vulnerable and most exploited. The seasonal nature of farm work defeated long-term wealth creation and sustainability.
Many farm owners did not comply with labour laws. They paid workers less than the stipulated minimum in the Sectoral Determination, and made workers work unpaid overtime, did not provide personal protective clothing as prescribed by the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), ignored the Employment Equity Act and Skills Development Act, intimidated workers with dismissal if they joined trade unions, threatened union officials with trespassing. For these reasons, there was hardly a possibility of collective bargaining to improve working conditions or protection against summary dismissals.
FAWU recommended that the HRW recommendations on the situation in the
Regarding civil and political rights, FAWU recommended:
▪ national government invested in land, infrastructure and services where farm workers were dwellers or beneficiaries,
▪ the property clause in the Constitution had to be amended to suit the economic transformation agenda of the country,
▪ national government and local municipalities had to implement the resolutions of the Summit on Farm Workers held in July 2010,
▪ organised labour and organised agriculture established a platform to discuss matters relevant to the economy,
▪ Departments of Labour, Agriculture, Justice and Constitutional Development, Social Services, Education, Women, Children and People with Disabilities, South Africa Police Service and trade unions came together to discuss and resolve the injustices prevailing in the sector,
▪ law enforcement and community workers were granted access to farms.
Chairperson Nchabeleng said the FAWU presentation raised the same issue as the HRW presentation. It said that farm workers were victims in the past as well as in the present. According to ANC combatants working in the northern part of
Looking at the present situation, it seemed that farm workers had not gained anything. They still could not freely go to the polls and vote. They lost their right to vote. He could safely attest, based on his visit to farms during the blitz, that the Minister and Department were not under the impression that all farms could be freely visited. It did send a message that there were new players on the block, when the entourage visited the farms with sirens blaring. It showed farm workers that government cared. The situation was getting worse every day. Evictions had increased since liberation. Evicting people without court order was a crime. In small rural areas, the police also broke the law when they assisted farmers to evict people without having court orders to that effect. Even the police were not aware that they broke the law in instances like this. It showed that there was a need to build capacity even in the police and other law enforcement agencies.
Regarding education for children of farm workers, farmers did not send their children to farm schools, because they knew the quality of education was below standard. Racism was still rife and the terms 'baas' and 'kaffir' in common use.
The Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Reform (PLAAS), which was a major stakeholder of Parliament on rural development, was represented in the meeting and the Chairperson acknowledged this.
Mr Williams asked the names and locations of farms that were non-compliant to labour and other laws, where unions were not allowed and the members were victimised.
Ms Phaliso said that the fishing industry also needed an in-depth investigation to determine the extent of labour and human rights abuses in its ranks. She wanted an overview of the Shipping Act. When farmers were killed, the news made the headlines, but when farm workers were killed, there were no headlines. She wanted to know exactly which farms were involved in killing and abusing workers. She asked if undocumented workers without IDs, really earned salaries. Yes, the country needed food production and successful farms, but not at the expense of workers' rights. She asked why Social Services did not go to farms to make a needs analysis. Did FAWU engage Social Services? What was the outcome of the engagement? Where were the farms where foreign nationals were employed and how many were there? She wanted to know what documentation they had. She wanted to see the extent of the human rights abuses. She commented that in the fishing industry, it was even worse.
Ms Pilusa-Mosoane (ANC) said the plight of farm workers or dwellers were the same all over the country. She was from
The Chairperson said that the killings on farms happened to black people, so there was a degree of racism involved in the human rights abuses on farms, and what made matters worse was that the judiciary often let the perpetrators off scot free. They got petty cash fines and lenient bail for murder. He did not want to make racial comparisons, but was tempted sometimes out of anger. The farming community also needed to be capacitated and educated about human rights and labour laws. They had to understand that failure to adhere to the laws could land them in prison. This challenge lay at the door of the DoL.
Mr Nyekembe said that both HRW and FAWU expressed the need for the different government departments to come together to address the problems in the farming sector. Could the Chairpersons of the Portfolio Committees on Labour and Agriculture find a way of engaging the chairpersons of the other relevant Portfolio Committees? One needed to look at how the work place was defined in terms of the Labour Relations Act, because that definition did not exclude the farming sector. A workplace was a workplace. Farm workers were employed and paid UIF. The definition of the work place could not be different in the case of farm workers. It had to be the same across industries.
Mr Nyekembe said the issue of how foreign nationals were treated by the agricultural sector had to be addressed. Employers employed foreign nationals with the aim of exploiting them. When the foreign national wanted to join a trade union, the employer handed him over to the law enforcement agencies for being in the country illegally and working illegally. The foreigner was deported, but the employer was free. Workers were exploited everywhere, but it was worse in the farming sector.
Mr Nyekembe asked FAWU about the Summit Outcomes. There had been a resolution about setting up a Special Fund administered by NEDLAC. He asked FAWU to clarify. He referred to an example FAWU made earlier about more than a hundred workers who embarked on a legal strike because the farmer refused to comply with the sectoral determination. Those workers were now dismissed because they belonged FAWU and they went on a strike. The workers ended up going to the CCMA which needed a larger budget to address these cases. The CCMA had asked the Committee to assist it to motivate for more money. During the Budget Review and Recommendation Report discussions, Members wanted to know why the CCMA needed and spent such a lot of money. It was due to employers of this nature that were making the work of the CCMA difficult. He noted that there were farmers who were prepared to do better than the minimum standards prescribed in the sectoral determination, but they were few and far between.
Ms Carter (DA) said in terms of Chapter Two of the Constitution she had a major concern with the utterances made during the course of the meeting. There were 40 000 farmers in
Ms Carter had a problem with the generalisations of the presentation where it stated that farmers did not respect labour laws. She asked whether this was true about all 40 000 farmers in SA. Submissions had to have statistics. On page 7, the submission said that, "Many research reports confirmed the experiences". She wanted specific research reports that confirmed the experiences so that she could go and do her own research. Ms Carter said that SA was importing 800 000 chickens a day. This meant that SA jobs were lost. The country imported chickens for 20% less than they could be produced for locally. Regarding food security, there could be food insecurity in our lifetime. The time had come for the Departments of Trade and Industry and Labour to discuss the way forward from that perspective.
Ms Carter said that the stats on page 3 were of major concern. The presentation reported beatings and killings. It reported that the police did poor investigative work. She wanted statistics on this. The Committee was making a big mistake by listening to generalisations about slavery, no access to clean water and the living conditions of farm workers. The Committee should not allow people to do presentations without substantiated stats. It was maybe true for 1% or 2% of farms, but not of all 40 000 farmers in SA. Some of the most successful farmers that she came across recently were black. Were the presenters saying that those black farmers were doing these things to their own people?
Mr Du Toit said that the FAWU presenter said that a percentage attempted to comply with the law. This meant that nobody really complied because they attempted to do it. He could not present untrue facts to Parliament. The presenter had to tell the Committee whether he was saying that not a single farmer complied with the law.
Mr Du Toit said that page 3 of the presentation referred to killings and beatings. Blanket statements could not be made. On 1 August 2009, a group of people forced entry into the offices of Agri-WC. Senior official Johan Bothma was locked up in his office and kept there for two to three hours, assaulted and abused. His human rights were abused. He had to be taken to hospital afterwards. The Human Rights Commission was dragging its feet with the case. This was an example of low prosecution levels. The press could follow the case. Was it the same Mr Benjamin of FAWU that accompanied the workers on that day that was present in the meeting?
Mr Abram asked if there were any officials from the Departments of Labour or Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries present. There was nobody and he said that it was a problem, because they had to be present in order to map the way forward. It was important to understand how widespread the abuse was. It was time that the departments had the capacity to track what happened so that the facts and figures were available. Compile the facts and figures and confront the authority in charge, so that a better system could evolve. The fact no department officials were present to say something about their interest in the matters before the Committee, undermined the ability of the Committee to carry out its mandate. Noting the lack of access to clean water, food, and houses by farm workers led to a question. Was FAWU proposing a system of agri-villages within reasonable distance for farm workers so that the necessary facilities could be created? The state had to come to the party to help create those villages. On the matter of illegal employees, he said if he had to cross the border without proper documentation, he would be sent back immediately. SA had a system where all and sundry could come into the country, and SA had to take care of them, while SA could not take care of its own people. Charity began at home.
Mr Abram referred to the recommendation that said: "National Government must invest in land, infrastructure and services, where farm workers were dwellers or beneficiaries." He wanted to warn the joint committees about that. He knew the agricultural sector. On restituted and land reform farms, the poor farmers were battling to keep their heads above water. They did not have the financial muscle to comply with the prescripts of the laws. Government would have to increasingly assist them. The Portfolio Committees had to see that the departments, over which it was having oversight, had the necessary "vooma" to do the work on the ground. It was severely lacking. The darkness was partially caused by government.
Mr Johnson said that the Joint Committees had to refocus themselves, and define for themselves what the next step had to be in this process. One of the major concerns was the difference in approach by the media to the injury or murder of a farmer, as opposed to a farm worker. The one made the headlines, the other one did not. In an area called Klipplaat in the
Mr Johnson said that he heard talk about the Compensation Fund. There were huge backlogs with the fund and it had to hire consultants to do its work. The Department of Health left much to be desired. The district surgeon and police were always connected or related to the farmers who perpetrated the deeds, with the result that when cases such as these were reported, they ended up going nowhere. In Patensie in the
Having heard about the events that took place in the provinces, culminating in the National Farm Workers'
The Chairperson, Mr Nchabeleng, said that all farmers were not the same. He was a farmer and he had never killed anyone. Farmers were not killers. There were criminals who operated in the farming industry, who killed people. Killers were criminals; farmers were food producers and were good people. There was nothing wrong with being a farmer. On his visits to farms, there were lots of things that emerged. One of the things was a conspiracy between doctors and lawbreakers in the
Mr Manamela said that firstly quantitive and qualitative assessments had to be done by government to gauge the extent of the problem, after which the necessary policy interventions had to be made. Some points were generalisations. People did not have to treat the observations by FAWU and HRW as personal attacks. It was fact that these things were happening. What was debatable was the extent to which they happened. Parliament had to hold the relevant government departments accountable to ensure that the laws were implemented. Parliament also had to engage all sectors involved such as the farmers themselves, the trade unions and NGOs working with farm workers and farm owners to bring these abuses to an end without being sensational.
[The first half of the meeting was chaired by Mr K Manamela (ANC) Mr M Nchabeleng (ANC), the official Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee presided over the second half]
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Church historians sometimes downplay one of the key planks of the Protestant Reformation; the use of indigenous languages in Bible study, worship and disciple making. A great deal is made of the theological influence of Luther, Calvin et al, but language gets much less attention.
However, the Reformation both encouraged and depended on the use of the indigenous languages of Northern Europe. The increasing number of translations of the Bible, prayer books and hymnals encouraged an increase in theological thinking which solidified the break with Rome and led to distinctive expressions of Christianity across the region. The Reformation was not just a theological event it was a cultural and linguistic event too.
Today, we are living through an explosion in Bible translation and indigenous Christianity which dwarfs the Reformation. I wonder what the theological fallout will be from this as people start to read the Scriptures in their own language and apply them to their own situations. I also wonder what side of things the historic Reformed churches will find themselves.
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"Long time no see!" I exclaimed when I saw Sara and gave her a big hug. How are things going with your fiancé?"
"You mean my X-fiancé. We've broken up." She said, trying to fake a shy smile.
"Why, what happened?"
"He had a fight with my father. He tried to apologize but my dad wouldn't accept it. Later on the roles were reversed, and he got back at my father by dumping me"
I wasn't in a position to make a judgment, but I certainly felt terribly sorry for the poor girl. Being abandoned by someone you love is the worst heart-breaking feeling a girl could experience.
"What if they have reconciled?" I thought to myself. "The whole problem might have been forgotten in a matter of weeks."
I wonder how much time she needs to overcome her abandonment.
That is how I see it: The father refused to compromise at the beginning, the son-in-law refused to compromise afterwards, and the girl had to pay for it.
"Why did the girl's feelings have to be in the second place?"
Well, something had to be sacrificed at the end, and it couldn't be the superior macho pride!
Typical male society.
"Or maybe he didn't love her enough" I wondered in a second thought.
But, how much is enough?
A relative term, I thought.
"Maybe I should stop here" I thought to myself. "I'm sort of a hardliner when it comes to this subject "
Is it me who is asking for too much, or I am really not getting enough?
Someone who can't even say Love and uses a term like this subject instead, must be having a problem.
Nonetheless, I have to admit that there were times when I felt an excessive need for love, not in its direct narrow meaning, but for love as a vast concept. In other words, I needed people.
One of those weary nights where I felt as if a huge stone was resting upon my heart, I rambled between pressing random thoughts that dashed through my brain like an angry stampede.
"The amount of love you give determines the amount of love you get from others." That one seemed fairly logical.
"But" I thought, "Giving someone all the love you could is no guarantee that you'll get anything in return." That one woke up a not-so-nice memory.
Which nullifies which? Neither.
As I wrote this, the idea seemed more complicated than I thought, and it diverged into several theories and possibilities.
"Love is such a dilemma."
That was my final conclusion ******
I can't help, as I write this, but to think of my grandfather in his army suit, passing by the house where my grandmother lived. They didn't say a word, nor needed to. It began there, and lasted for 50 years.
I still remember him sitting beside her on the sofa, singing for her "ya wardet el hob el safi", which would make her blush and try to stop him. But he didn't refrain from showing his affection, he would just giggle and continue the song: "Teslam edain elli sa'aki".
She also loved him, even if she didn't show it his way. But her words would sometimes betray her, and a smooth flow of love would slip through her tongue.
"No one takes care of you as much as I do." She mumbled one day as she handed him a plate of sweets. She always knew that he was fond of sweet. A man of a sweet tongue, and a sweet tooth.
But her love for him would become more and more radiant in his last days, too radiant to be hidden. Everyone could see it in her tears, her staying up by his side at night, and spending hours on end on a plastic chair by his bed when he was at hospital.
Despite his sickness, he didn't take satisfaction only in receiving love, but also in giving more and more to everyone around him.
He appreciated physical gestures of affection. He liked to be kissed and hugged by his sons, daughters and grandchildren. A nice incident I still remember from his last days was when my aunt, his eldest daughter, was sitting beside him on the bed and he was trying to tell her something. She couldn't understand what he was saying since his breathing and talking were tightened by the disease that crawled up to his lungs. She stretched and put her ear near his mouth so that she could hear him. But he didn't say anything; he just reached out and kissed her on the cheek. Easy to give, easy to get… That's how love seemed in his presence.
** Sara's story is fictional, but based on a true story.
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How did I get it: The library.
Why did I read it: I was intrigued by the covers, and I thought the series would make for an interesting change of pace.
How I would rate it: 3.5 out of 5 stars.
Summary: (For volume 1:)
There is a world of myth and magic that intersects ours, and only a special few can see it. Misao Harada is one such person, and she wants nothing to do with magical realms. She just wants to have a normal high school life and maybe get a boyfriend. All that changes one day when Misao is attacked by a demon. Her childhood friend Kyo suddenly returns to save her and tend to her cuts–with his tongue! It turns out Misao is the bride of prophecy, whose blood gives power to the demon clan who claims her. But most demons want to keep her power for themselves–by eating her! Now Misao is just trying to stay alive…and decide if she likes it when Kyo licks her wounds.
Review: When it comes to manga, I almost exclusively read titles geared to the action-oriented. The same is true for fiction, of course, but in manga if often feels like you only get two choices. Shonen, which is typically action with manly friendship and the occasional hot chick, or Shojo, which tends to be episodic love stories with soppy angst thrown in. Shojo is hit or miss for me. I'm not a big fan of the whole hopeless pining that goes on or the wet blanket characteristics usually assigned to the female lead.
Black Bird is not without these issues. In fact, parts of Black Bird reminded me of the reasons why I gave up on Twilight very early on, but there was another part of it that was really more depthful and worth my reading time. For one thing, the format of Black Bird definitely works in its favor. I loved the artwork and the pacing was great. For another, there's no stupid triangle and for another the supernatural elements of the story aren't tired and predictable. Instead they relate to Japanese mythology and legends. I really liked the colorful cast of minor characters and the concept of different clans of demons. Having a Tengu as a love interest was pretty nifty too.
So although I was sort of creeped out every now and then by Kyo's remarkably forceful designs on Misao that occasionally bordered on the unsavory, –not to mention the not so savory intentions of nearly every male demon around– I ended up devouring these volumes at a rapid clip. I also ended up really liking Misao more than I could ever imagine liking Bella Swann. Misao's a bit of a limp noodle at first, overwhelmed by demons, decisions, and her own inability to look after herself properly, but she really learns to overcome her self-imposed limitations and honestly grows up quite a bit. Kyo also isn't just a wicked demon interested in sex and nothing more. Early on it becomes obvious that he honestly cares for Misao and seeing their relationship develop was more enjoyable than it was irritating. I liked the range of emotions and I even liked most of the conflicts Misao and Kyo face both together as well as apart.
In conclusion, while this is not my new favorite manga series, it was quite enjoyable and one that I plan on following closely from here on out. Please note though that the Black Bird series is really not appropriate for young teens or kids. It's definitely older teens and adults only.


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Leaving the 20th Century: The Incomplete Work of the Situationist International.
London: Free Fall Publications, 1974. First edition. 4to. Wrps., 167pp. Illustrated throughout with photographs, documents, cartoon strips and graphics. Reprints 22 texts from Internationale Situationniste, with a preface and afterword by Christopher Gray. Typeset by the Suburban Press and the Wicked Messengers, with graphics by Jamie Reid.
Typed slip signed by Ian Franklin of Free Fall loosely inserted, reading in part: "Dear Suckers…Tell us what you think of this worthy tome we want as much feedback as possible. The price of boredom is high."
For a long time this influential edition was almost the only source of Situationist texts in English. It became more widely circulated after some of Reid's graphics were reused in his work for the Sex Pistols, notably the images of the 'nice' family (p.10) and beach scene (p.137), adapted for the 'Holidays in the Sun' record sleeve and promotional poster respectively.
This copy also contains a flyer from Spontaneous Combustion (Nick Brandt) reprinting Ken Knabb's critique of the book (Knabb's 'Situationist International Anthology' later superseded it). In it, Knabb lambasts Gray's work as "sometimes sloppy" and accuses him of being a pro-situ who "wanted the S.I. to be God and ends up whining because it didn't hand him revolution on a silver platter, complete with individual therapy." The flyer adds: "Spontaneous Combustion Footnote: Since the publication of 'Leaving the 20th Century' Chris Gray has emigrated to India to become an anti-follower of the anti-guru Ragneesh, the Maharaj Ji of the late 70s".
Page extremities slightly darkened; wrappers and spine edges slightly rubbed and lightly tanned, with some creasing, particularly to lower wrapper. Overall, Very Good (without the later price increase label affixed to back cover). 4000 copies printed.


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Bobby Hudson of the USA made a 29-place leap into the top 20 of the World Amateur Golf Ranking with his victory in the Sunnehanna Amateur at Johnstown, Pennsylvania. In a field loaded with top players the University of Texas student started the final round four shots adrift of leader Brad Benjamin, but shot a four-under-par 66 to win by two shots from Nathan Smith. It was his second tournament win of the season after taking the Amer Ari Invitational title in week six and he moved to 15 in the Ranking. Benjamin slipped to a final round 73 for a four-way share of third place, but improved his WAGR position by 122 places to climb into the top 50 at number 46.
Peter Uihlein retains his number one position at the head of the Ranking, but there was a great deal of jockeying for position right behind him. He tied for seventh place at the Sunnehanna with fellow American Patrick Reed who moved up four places to number five. Despite sharing the amateur honours at US Open Sectionals-Portland, Canadian Nick Taylor slipped down from his number two spot in the Ranking to fourth, allowing Bud Cauley into second place while Russell Henley's finish in the US Open Sectionals-Roswell earned him a two-place jump to number three.
In a crowded tournament week around the world Cian Curley won the East of Ireland, the Kentucky State title went to Jordan Blann and Spaniard Gerard Piris claimed the World University Championship. The European Seniors event was won by Mats Anderrson of Sweden, who moves into the Ranking for the first time, and the Campeonato Nacional de Aficionados went to Peru's number two player Rafael Claux, a victory that moved him up 35 places into the top 200.
Players from the USA now hold the top three rankings and five of the top 10, the other five being filled by players from Canada, France, Italy, England and Korea.


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To make your Pinterest marketing a big success for your business, you're going to need to pretty-up your website or blog with Pinterest plugins, widgets, and of course, images. And we've got the tools you need to make all this painless.
When I started increasing my efforts with Pinterest, I saw a huge amount of success with my average monthly views on Pinterest reaching it's highest to-date of 1.4 million.
This list of Pinterest resources will help you gain the growth you're looking for to get more Pinterest followers and success.
1. Sumo Image Sharer (Plugin)
The SumoMe plugin has an array of cool tools, including their free Image Sharer. It puts share button overlays on all images on your site so that when they scroll over the picture, they can quickly and easily share them. Image Sharer allows them to share to their Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and other social media profiles.
What I really like about it is that the plugin gives you statistics and analytics to view and track easily so that you can see how many images shares you get each week and which are your more popular blog posts with image shares to Pinterest and other social media.
Here's what I really like about Sumo:
♦ You get to choose exactly where your images can be shared.
♦ You have control over where the share icon hovers over your images.'
♦ You get behind the scenes analytics and to start, it's free!
2. Tasty Pins (Plugin)
Tasty Pins allows you to optimize your blog's images for Pinterest and SEO. If gives you a unique area for adding in your keywords and pin descriptions or hashtags.
Want more tips? Click here to grab a free copy of this complete guide to Pinterest Marketing.
Here's what I really like about Tasty Pins:
♦ You can set descriptions for your images that will perform well in Pinterest search. Include hash tags, keywords, and whatever else your heart desires.
♦ You can add a hidden Pinterest-specific image on your website front-end with the click of a button and you can force users to Pin your Pinterest-perfect hidden images with the click of a button.
♦ Not every image is perfect for Pinterest. Give your readers fewer, better options for saving to Pinterest by disabling Pinning on certain images.
Related Post: How these essential tools and Pinterest helped our blog go viral!
3. Tailwind (Scheduling and Automation)
Tailwind is a Pinterest (and Instagram) scheduling too. It helps you save time scheduling and also provides you with the best times for posting for engagement. You can share and be shared in their integrated communities called "Tribes", plus get actionable analytics.
I use Tailwind Plus, which you can read all about how I use it here in this article. I love to log into my dashboard and immediately see how I am doing this week compared to last week. You can see here that 1,553 repins were from my blog out of a total of 2,107. That's a high percentage of repins from my domain and blog at 75%!
Here's what I really like about Tailwind:
♦ It helps you save time: Bulk image upload, drag-and-drop calendar, multi-board pinning, Pin looping (coming soon!), hashtag lists and many more shortcuts built with your busy schedule in mind.
♦ Monitor Trends & Activity: See when someone Pins from your website or comments on your Instagram posts to find what works.
♦ Maximize your Reach: Automatically optimize your Pinterest and Instagram schedules based on when your audience is most engaged.
4. IFTTT (Scheduling and Automation)
IFTTT is the free strategy and tool to get all your apps talking to each other. Read more about how I use IFTTT to automatically share pins on Pinterest.
5. Pinterest widgets
Pinterest offers a variety of widgets you can put on your site to draw visitors into following, pinning, etc. while they are on your site. They are all free and are easy to add to any theme.
They include:
♦ Pin Widget –permits you to embed one of your pins on your site
♦ Profile Widget – shows up to 30 of your latest pins on your site
♦ Pin It Button – permits visitors to pin things from your website
♦ Follow Button – permits visitors to follow you on Pinterest directly from your website
♦ Board Widget – shows up to 30 of your favorite board's latest pins
Depending on your goal for your Pinterest marketing, you can choose the right widget for you. It's easy to change the widget to a different one when your goal changes.
Want more tips? Click here to grab a free copy of this complete guide to Pinterest Marketing.
How I schedule and automate my pins on Pinterest using Tailwind
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My galah, Bondi, was a recent inspiration for the above photo-shoot. Bondi is my all-time best parrot for modeling with. She has experience doing so and has been published with me before.
However, I found this shoot much more difficult to have her in. Last time her and I shot together, she was also on my shoulder but mostly used on my hand or arm. And although my last shoot with her I wore a crazy blue and black mohawk, my make up was not... 3D where she could actually see texture in it that looked fun to touch!
The other hard thing about it was being the only one in the room that was a trainer. Last time I had Dave with me who could handle her on off moments or work on getting her excited while I focused more on my own face rather than hers! But this time, it was just me and to excite her and then quickly calm my own expression down for the lens... proved challenging.
Bondi did great, though. She is used to stage performance lighting so none of the flashes messed with her and her plumage looked gorgeous in the photographs. I was really excited with her performance and personality in the shoot. She even did the "bat" impression and laid on her back for some of the shots. I used sunflower seeds and excitment and praise as her reinforcements for doing the shoot.
It wasn't until I smacked on some glitter that she just couldn't help herself.
Article by Jamieleigh Womach. She has been working with parrots and toucans since the age of 17. She isn't homeless but is home less than she prefers to be. She travels the world with her husband, daughter, and a flockful of parrots whom she shares the stage with.


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Having closed off its financial year in the last few weeks, a Rapid Innovation Group Information-as-a-Service client is pleased to report it achieved its annual revenue targets whilst minimising customer turnover.
Rapid Innovation Group has worked with the client for four years, focussing on international partnerships and internal operations to enable revenue growth. In that time the client has trebled its turnover and made significant advances to specialise and professionalise its operations.
The good run in growth is anticipated to continue into the next financial year, in which the management team are anticipating an acceleration of sales that will enable the business to grow by a further 50%.


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The DeSoto County Sheriff's Department and the Horn Lake Police Department said they added additional patrols at Horn Lake High School and Lake Cormorant High after a threat was made on Snapchat.
WREG viewers sent us screenshots of the threats. One showed a gun being pointed out of what appears to be a car window, aimed at the school. Another was a close-up of a grenade.
Horn Lake Police said the images were old, but had been re-shared by the juvenile, who was charged with Obscene Electronic Communications and Violation of Probation through Youth Court after being taken into custody early Tuesday.
They did not say whether he or she was a student.
DeSoto County Schools confirms they were the first to notify authorities about the post Monday night.
In a statement, a spokesperson said, "The Horn Lake Police Department and The Desoto County Sheriff's Department worked with school and district officials during the overnight hours to ensure the safety of our students and staff."
Desoto County Sheriff Bill Rasco says they worked closely with Horn Lake and narrowed in on the person who posted it and his father.
"Horn Lake made contact with the dad last night. And the dad said [his son] was staying with someone in Marshall County," said Rasco.
The father reportedly picked up his son early Tuesday morning and took him to the Horn Lake Police Department.
"With things that are happening around the word in schools, we can't take anything just routine. It has to be taken very seriously," said Rasco.
The Horn Lake Police Department released a statement saying:
On September 17, 2018 Horn Lake Police Department received information that a threat toward Horn Lake High School had surfaced through social media. Investigators were able to determine the original source of the post who was identified as a juvenile. He/she was detained in the early morning hours of September 18, 2018. During the course of the interview it was discovered that the images were old; however, they had been shared by the detained juvenile at some point. Eventually the juvenile was charged with Obscene Electronic Communications and Violation of Probation through Youth Court. He/she is currently in custody at the Desoto County Juvenile Detention Center.
Horn Lake Police Officers along with Desoto County School Security Officials maintained a heavy presence at the school and will continue to keep the safety of the students a top priority.


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Odyssey is a walk through adventure where while trying to find your way out you will experience darker challenging spaces, quirky physical obstacles and challenges, illusions, lighting effects, scents, sound effects and strange sensations that all together provide you with a unique experience that you will never forget!
Odyssey is fun for all ages, great family entertainment and definitely a must see for all tourists. The incredible journey through Odyssey takes around 20 -30 minutes however there is no time limit to your adventure and you are free to discover Odyssey at your own pace. Odyssey is recommended for those aged 8 and over but if you would like to enquire about how suitable Odyssey is for your young ones, please feel free to get in touch!
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While looking for something to do with his son in Auckland, my brother came across Odyssey, it certainly sounded like something I'd be keen to do. Once the day had cooled off we headed into Auckland City to check it out. If the weather isn't in your favour park at the Civic Car park and you don't even need to set foot outside. Being in the central city is somewhat of a downside to it's location, yet at the same time probably works well for it as it's more likely to draw punters from all sides of Auckland. It's located on the bottom level of the Metro Centre (where the IMax cinema is) which makes it a little out of the way and not somewhere you're likely just to stumble across, apparently there's paint ball there as well if you want to make a day of it.
The prices are quite reasonable, even more so that you can run it again for only $5, this time with a few tricks up your sleeve! Upon entering you are asked to remove your shoes and don a pair of white gloves, you then have a verbal briefing from the staff member then move through for the video briefing where you have to read the disclaimer, the wait to go in is long enough for even the slower readers to be able to read it all before heading in.
There were a total of 8 rooms to pass through, the doors are all one way so there is no going back once the door closes, and be careful of the emergency exits, one of which sets you right out into Aotea Square (apparently). Upon talking to the staff we were told the rooms are switched up every couple of months which definitely makes it somewhere to go to on a semi regular basis. The first room we went into had a textured floor with speakers under a section of it, there was very strong bass pumping that you stood on and the vibration experience was awesome. After that was the white room which is a straight through room, mirrored at either end it's definitely an experience in itself.
The next room was the largest, had all sorts of corners that you could get stuck in and involved a lot of hunting in the dark to find the correct passage, all sorts of textures on the floors and walls as well. The remaining rooms contained a "galaxy" behind mirrors so you really felt like you were floating in space, a uv room, mirror maze (where you realise why you're not meant to run and experience the benefit of the gloves), ball room (full of yoga balls of all sizes) and finally the elastic spider web with wonky floor.
They recommend it for ages 8 and over, my nephew is 9 and was quite scared the first time through but was the one begging to go back again, I definitely think the age suggested would be about right, although you needn't take a child along to enjoy the experience. It's somewhere I intend on taking my kids when we're up that way again, or checking out the Queenstown branch if we're in the neighbourhood. If you're in for something to fill in a little time (takes about 30 mins) or just generally after some good clean fun it's definitely the place to go.
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El Cerrito Progressives has learned that, on May 31st the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) will hold an important hearing which considers the importance of issues that reflect the mien of Rule 12-16. Rule 12-16 would require transparency on local refinery emissions and set enforcement caps on the amount and degree of emissions, thus preventing any switch to heavier, dirtier crude oil such as tar sands.
BAAQMD appears to be seriously considering setting a cap on greenhouse gases (GHGs) emitted by refineries. Supporters of Rule 12-16 look forward to a BAAQMD final vote on June 11th that will support caps on GHG emissions.
The hopeful news comes after four years of dedicated activism and relentless perseverance that has generated staff and Board support, along with recognition from the California Air Resources Board — the Executive Officer of which will attend the June 11th Board meeting.
Although the Rule 12-16 criteria for pollution regulation will not be specifically considered a the upcoming May 31st meeting, assurances are that the issue will be recognized at this meeting in respect to other rules, such as Rule 13-1 which addresses trip reduction requirements for large employers.
Supporters of Rule 12-16 are asking all who can to attend the Wednesday, May 31st BAAQMD Hearing. The large presence of West Contra Costa County residents will increasingly invigorate the Board towards implementing Rule 12-16. The meeting will be held:
Wednesday, May 31st
BAAQMD Offices
375 Beale St., Suite 600
San Francisco, CA 94105
(Between Folsom & Harrison)
Arrive as early as possible. If you would like to cede time as a speaker, you must arrive between 9:00 and 9:15 .
For more information on the BAAQMD Hearing, please see: This Changes Everything: BAAQMD Hearing on Refinery GHG Caps, May 31


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"Like a Care Bear that is beyond caring; My Little Pony on a trip to the glue factory; Paddington on the psychiatrist's couch." With a satanically sweet approach to illustration, Nottingham born Will Broome (whose macabre etchings have been secretly smiling from Marc by Marc Jacobs's cheeky T-shirts and bags) is set to release a small capsule collection for TopShop. Cutesy manga-panda T-shirts and sloppy tunics in wafery fine grey marl, coral and mint jersey, are perfect festival or road-trip throw-ons. At Central Saint Martins Broome discovered that he: "Didn't really like making clothes that much…but I did still like drawing on things" - and clearly still does. To coincide with the launch, Broome will be hosting fashion illustration workshops from Sheffield (near his hometown) on April 19 - when he will be available to customise your Shoreditch pumps or canvas satchels. The collection launches on April 20 in selected stores and online - there will be an animated podcast on TOPSHOP.COM. Vests are £22, T-shirts £25, and sloppy tunics £30. (March 20 2008, AM) Emma Elwick


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