their labour. Workers should be paid in cash or in kind. Where payment was in kind, there should be a definite cash basis, that the farmer will allow each native to plough so much land, the value of which will be so much in cash, or, if it is a beast, of such and such a value'. To prevent worker abuse, Seme proposed the registration of labour contracts. This is an extract from the book by Thembeka Ngcukaitobi, The Land is ours.