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Migrant Labour

Migrant labour in the digital age exploited
Opinion
/ 16 May 2025

Migrant labour in the digital age exploited

Brazil and India are starting to win gains for ‘platform’ workers such as delivery riders. Unions in South African must support similar struggles

By Richard Pithouse
The scars of migrant labour endure on black families
Opinion
/ 24 August 2024

The scars of migrant labour endure on black families

In post-apartheid South Africa, the system has evolved but has fundamentally stayed the same, triggering an inter-generational cycle of displacement

By Awethu Fatyela
Rural retreat: Allowing people to return home during lockdown could turn a tide
Article
/ 30 April 2020

Rural retreat: Allowing people to return home during lockdown could turn a tide

It is important to note that the phenomena of translocality and circular migration in Africa have often served as a strategy of resilience in tough times

By Leslie Bank
From Ebbie to Happy Sindane
Friday
/ 17 January 2020

From Ebbie to Happy Sindane

Our society remains carved up because differences are viewed as weaknesses

By Nolitha Fakude
Plant, pick, pack: Finding Mpumalanga’s missing fruit pickers
Article
/ 10 December 2018

Plant, pick, pack: Finding Mpumalanga’s missing fruit pickers

In this province, the agricultural and mining sectors draw thousands of workers each year – and then they disappear. Here’s why we need to find them.

By Joan Van Dyk
Migrant labour goes upmarket
Article
/ 20 September 2013

Migrant labour goes upmarket

Short contracts are on the rise as multinational companies shift their people around the world.

By Staff Reporter
Marikana was not just about migrant labour
Analysis
/ 13 September 2013

Marikana was not just about migrant labour

The system is on its way out but its legacy endures – in low wages and dwindling union membership.

By Kally Forrest
Malawi worker export to S Korea dubbed ‘modern-day slavery’
Africa
/ 11 June 2013

Malawi worker export to S Korea dubbed ‘modern-day slavery’

Critics fear President Joyce Banda’s plan to beat joblessness by sending tens of thousands of Malawians to South Korea could be "modern-day slavery".

By Felix Mponda
Fighting HIV underground
Article
/ 22 March 2013

Fighting HIV underground

Past meets present in the underground fight against Aids.

By Mandi Smallhorne
Migrant workers owed billions in ‘unclaimed’ social security funds
Article
/ 22 February 2013

Migrant workers owed billions in ‘unclaimed’ social security funds

People from SA’s neighbouring countries flock here looking for work. Hundreds of thousands find it in the mining industry and in farming and tourism.

By Eva-Lotta Jansson
Measuring the waves of migration
Article
/ 11 January 2013

Measuring the waves of migration

Although data surrounding labour migrants varies it is clear that apartheid-era patterns persist, writes Lisa Steyn.

By Staff Reporter

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