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Freedom Climb is hosting a public screening of Nefarious,Merchant of Souls, at a human trafficking information evening at Jubilee Community Church, 25 Nelson Road, Observatory, Cape Town on Wednesday, June 25. The evening which will include worship and the showing of the hard-hitting documentary on sex slavery will be an […]
Several school principals who attended the prize giving for a schools art competition on human trafficking in Port Elizabeth said they had not been aware that human trafficking happens in their communities and felt empowered to further educate their learners on the issue, reports Amanda van der Westhuizen of the […]
[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] During my career as investigator with the Hawks I have stumbled across the notion of ‘Juju’ on […]
People of all ages and fitness levels are invited to join the Freedom Climb Table Mountain Challenge from October 7 to 12 to help raise awareness and funds to combat human trafficking. Groups of people from various nations will stand up for vulnerable and enslaved women and children around the […]
Originally published in ioL Newswith additional reporting by Gateway News A14-year-old girl found herself in “modern-day slavery”, in the words of a Wynberg magistrate, when she was sold for R8 000 and forced to marry a man who held her captive and beat her for sex. Last Thursday (February 13), […]
[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] The notion of ‘strategy’ often surfaces in the counter-human trafficking discourse when we come together as a […]
[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] Homegrown photography on the frontline I recently attended the ‘Together Let’s Stop the Traffick’ summit in Ottawa, […]
[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] Human trafficking as a phenomenon affects every level of society and no individual, community, country or continent […]
Salvation Army (SA) representatives who spent their first day at the Sexpo sex and lifestyle expo in Johannesburg today (Thursday, September 26) were upbeat about the start of their historic mission. The SA has a prominent stand at Sexpo where they are raising awareness about the evil of sex trafficking. “What […]
[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] The Freedom Exhibition at Freedom Park Modern day slavery is a phenomenon that is increasingly being acknowledged […]