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SOUTH AFRICA

When Foreign Workers Lose, South African Workers Don’t Win

An encounter with Edward, a migrant worker in Cape Town, highlights the harsh realities faced by foreigners in South Africa's labour market. Despite challenges, his story offers…

  • Harald Bauder
5 min read
Cheap labour: March and March is not only about undocumented immigrants. It is about a state and an economy that allowed this to become normal and workers to be exploited. Photo: March and March/Facebook
SOUTH AFRICA

Citizens’ two faces: humanity in public; greed in private

Many South Africans have witnessed a hidden exploitation: undocumented immigrants trapped in a cycle of 'volunteer slavery'. This article exposes the two-faced attitude of greed…

  • Sandile Memela
9 min read