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Kelebogile Khunou

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Kelebogile Khunou

Kelebogile Khunou is a researcher at the Socio-Economic Rights Institute

The 2024 annual report by SweepSouth on domestic worker pay and conditions found that many are drowning in debt and depression because of low wages and non-compliance with working conditions laid out in labour laws.(Gallo)
BASIC CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT ACT

Employers should respect women’s rights and provide domestic workers with employment contracts

About a million women are employed to work in private homes, enabling the economy to function and their employers to work and return to clean homes and cared for children

  • Kelebogile Khunou
  • Amy Tekie
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