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ANC Berates Government
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Foreign Broadcast Information Service, March 18, 1992
South Africa: Drought Crisis Continues; Claiming Victims. ANC
Berates Government
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<p>[Johannesburg THE NATION in English, 14-20 Feb 92 p 3]
</p>
<p> [Text] As the outcry over the government's handling of the
drought crisis gains momentum, a gloomy future awaits farm
labourers.
</p>
<p> The Western Cape ANC [African national Congress] branch
accused the government of a "monstrous lack of concern" for
people facing starvation."
</p>
<p> It said in a statement that the government's delay in
approving an Operation Hunger application for R[rands]20
million relief funding was "yet another example of its
insincerity in responding to the critical needs of the people
it claims to serve."
</p>
<p> Experts believe that thousands of farmworkers who are faced
with the prospects of losing their jobs could stream into the
cities in search of jobs.
</p>
<p> A spokesperson for the Farmworkers Research and Resource
Project, Simon Norfolk told NEW NATION that farm labourers were
the most vulnerable because they were not unionised and had no
employment contracts.
</p>
<p> Meanwhile, the Land Bank yesterday said it would urge banks
not to sequestrate farmers who are in financial difficulties
because of the drought.
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