Afasa calls for wage subsidy for smallholder farmers
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OFM News’ agri editor Sabrina Dean speaks to Aggrey Mahanjana, secretary general of the African Farmer’s Association of SA, Afasa. The conversation deals with Afasa’s proposal to Government to implement a wage subsidy to assist smallholder farmers to be able to afford the proposed national minimum wage of R3500 per month. He says this will serve a dual purpose because it will create incentive for smallholder farmers to register their employees with the Department of Labour:
