Agriculture graduates marched to the Union Buildings, calling for reinstatement of the Assistant Agricultural Practitioners Programme.
Assistant Agriculture practitioners marched to the Union Buildings, Pretoria on Tuesday. Image: X/ @SantosBoitse
While Dlabela said assistant agricultural practitioners were promised their contracts would be extended for a year, the Department of Agriculture disagrees.He explained that participants who joined the programme later than others were retained for an additional month after it wrapped to complete their three-month contracts.
“But in terms of the second extension, we were promised that the contracts would actually last for a year,” Dlabela told “Upon inquiry, we got screenshots and emails they were going to extend for nine months while looking for money.
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