This family was resettled by the Bureau of Natural Resources to make way for the Tembi Elephant Park. They now live 10km from the nearest water source, Makhatini Flats, Natal, 1987
In the Richmond station waiting room, Aron Sithole, Sapekoe Shopsteward tells the story of their unions (FAWU) fight recognition which led to the dismissals of hundreds of farm workers.The workers story is to be published in booklet form by the Association For Rural Advancement (AFRA), Ricmond, Natal
Sapekoe farm woker, all of whom are FAWU members wait at the Richmond railway station where they were dumped after being forcibly and illegally evicted from the compound at the tea farms on which they work, just outside Richmont, Natal, 16/07/1987
Sapekoe farmworkers pitch tents on tribal land in the Umkomaas Valley. They were later removed after pressure was put on the Chief not to allow them to remain on the land, Umkomaas Valley, Natal