De Doorns | Radio 94.7 FM

SOUR GRAPES: A prime grape farm that once produced 30,000 – 40,000 boxes of export grapes, now lies in total ruins after the owner, Pieter Naude of the Denau Farm in De Doorns, gave the prime grape farm Alpha, away to 250 of his workers in a workers trust (communist collective farm) back in 2010. Mr Naude then also trained 2 managers for the farm and for the first 5 years, Mr Naude’s business also did Alpha farm’s books. What was this farmer thinking? Did he really believe that communism can work, or was it just pure greed, because The Western Cape provincial government carried the entire running costs of Alpha farm for the first 2 years. That is R 2 million that they got for free, but as we should know by now, all the free stuff communists promise you, is never really free and comes with very harsh strings attached!

The managers of the workers trust / communist collective farm – as can be expected, started to pay out too much
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As in the past, the ANC once again motivated the people of De Doorns and the surrounding area not only to protest, but also to occupy the N1 with stones packed and vehicles hidden under the stones.

No official spokesperson has been identified as a leader, and all that is known is that the violent riot was orchestrated by people who apparently were not farm workers, but who were setting up farm workers to run amok.

The rioters are acting exactly as was the case in 2012, and unconfirmed reports state that they are the same instigators as seven years ago when the N1 was also made impassable.

Dissatisfaction prevails in the workers after the rate of R14.51 per hour is lowered to R10.60 from a particular worker, and the daily wage paid to the low-paid worker is R90 per day while the highest paid worker is R130 per day.