Human rights remain a pipe dream for farmworkers

When South Africa transitioned from apartheid to the new political dispensation in 1994, there was high optimism about a better life for all. Indeed, there is evidence of pockets of improvement in different aspects of life.When the new Constitution was crafted, it stated that “it enshrines the rights of all people of our country and affirms the democratic values of human dignity, equality and freedom”.Amongst the rights envisioned by the Constitution was the right to life. Chapter 2 Section 11 states that “everyone has the right to life”.While these constitutional rights are there…