South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
[notice]A new fortnightly column by a team of real people dedicating their lives to the fight against human trafficking, exploitation and social injustice. This week’s writer is Nicolette Kapp of the A21 Campaign[/notice] As the sun rises over the suburbs of South Africa, civil society will wake up with a new […]
Almost a quarter of a million slaves in SA Nearly 46 million people across the globe — including a quarter of a million in South Africa — are living in modern slavery, a system of exploitation that governments and businesses must do more to end, according to the Walk Free […]
[notice] Special report by Beatri Kruger, Adjunct Professor: Public Law at the University of the Free State to mark a landmark date in the fight against human trafficking — August 9, 2015, when the Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act (7/2013) came into operation.[/notice] “Money may be able […]
Originally published in theconversation.com Human trafficking is a global crime affecting countless victims around the world. Yet its actual scope remains a mystery. The methodologies used to arrive at estimates about its nature and extent have been widely criticised as flawed or lacking in scientific rigour. In South Africa, claims […]
As part of the Human Rights Day celebration this year, a competition was held for primary and high schools. The theme for the competition was the aspect of Human Trafficking. Learners from the Port Elizabeth schools were invited to submit posters, poems or a rap song to illustrate the dangers […]
On Friday (March 6, 2015) a group of 12 adventurers set out from Grahamstown on a 1 400km run across South Africa to raise money and awareness around human trafficking. The runners from South Africa,the United States, the United Kingdom, Mozambigue and Belgium are completing the distance in nine days […]
[notice]A monthly column by Marcel van der Watt, lecturer in the Department of Police Practice at UNISA, former police detective, and current member of the Gauteng Rapid Response Task Team for Human Trafficking.[/notice] A round table discussion was facilitated by the Department of Social Development on Friday 20 February 2015 […]
Originally published in The Blaze Poverty, starvation and illiteracy are just a few of the tragic problems facing children and families in Sudan and South Sudan, where violence continues to rage following South Sudan’s independence in 2011. While these issues are monumental in scope and seemingly unsolvable, that hasn’t stopped […]
[notice]A monthly column by Marcel van der Watt, lecturer in the Department of Police Practice at UNISA, former police detective, and current member of the Gauteng Rapid Response Task Team for Human Trafficking.[/notice] “You’ll be damned if you do, and you’ll be damned if you don’t…” These sentiments of Eleanor […]
Originally published in Christian Telegraph The National Crime Records Bureau says a girl gets trafficked once every eight minutes in India. The money generated through the sex trade stands at a whopping $343 billion a year, reports MNN. Is there social justice? Not really. It’s a lucrative business in a country […]