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Unfree: When Work Becomes Exploitation In …
— BY NEIL THOMPSON -- Alongside the twisting of traditional practices such as the exploitation of the Talibé, other forms of slavery and discrimination also exist across West Africa.
Subjective Experiences of Exploitation in South Africa
— This is essential in protecting and safeguarding the rights of individuals and building a just South Africa where everyone can thrive free from exploitation by others. Discover the world's ...
Violations of farm workers' labour rights in post-apartheid …
— Commercial farm workers in South Africa endured centuries of exploitation and abuse until the 1990s, when progressive legislation was promulgated that confers …
Inside Facebook's African Sweatshop | TIME
— Daniel Motaung, a former Facebook content moderator employed by Sama, photographed near his home in South Africa on Feb. 11, 2022. Motaung alleges Sama wrongfully terminated him in 2019 while he ...
Violations of farm workers' labour rights in post-apartheid South Africa
Downloadable (with restrictions)! Commercial farm workers in South Africa endured centuries of exploitation and abuse until the 1990s, when progressive legislation was promulgated that confers rights to workers aimed at improving their living and working conditions, including through a sector-specific statutory minimum wage. However, …
Why the wealth of Africa does not make Africans …
— The country holds natural resources worth trillions of dollars but the population is blighted with extreme poverty and violence. In a new edition of his book 'The Looting Machine,' investigative...
Online exploitation and abuse of children in Africa on the rise
— One-third of 9-17 year olds in South Africa and over 25% of 12-17 year olds in Mozambique went on to a face-to-face meeting after an online contact. "The impact of sexual abuse and exploitation of children – whether physical or …
The Dystopian Underworld of South Africa's Illegal Gold Mines
— A few years ago, a mining company was considering reopening an old mine shaft in Welkom, a city in South Africa's interior. Welkom was once the center of the world's richest goldfields.
Full article: Modern slavery and exploitative work regimes: an
— This Special Issue covers an intersectional approach to extreme labour exploitation. We provide concrete empirical studies and new theoretical frameworks. …
Numsa calls for intervention over alleged exploitation at SA …
— The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) has called on the government to intervene after the death of a worker at a Sedibeng-based steel plant …
Arrests and attacks: tracking China's illegal mining in African
— Pushing against exploitation. In addition to mining issues in Nigeria and Namibia, the Democratic Republic of Congo has banned six Chinese businesses …
The economics of apartheid: An introduction
— Unlike historians, economists have largely shied away from investigating South Africa's apartheid past, one reason being that as apartheid became history, …
Decolonising Labour Laws and Repossessing Subaltern …
— 2 HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF LABOUR PRACTICES IN MINES DURING THE APARTHEID ERA. The discovery of extractive mineral resources (particularly gold) …
Full article: Modern slavery and exploitative work regimes: an
— The extreme exploitation in work regimes in both the Global North and South have attracted attention from policy makers, academics, and development experts. The 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the United Nations has some goals focused on gender roles and some universal achievements, such as labour-force participation, …
Sexual exploitation | UNICEF South Africa
— Disrupting harm in South Africa Funded by the Global Partnership to End Violence against Children, through its Safe Online initiative, ECPAT, INTERPOL, and UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti worked in partnership to design and implement Disrupting Harm – a research project focused on online child sexual exploitation and …
The unseen cost of South Africa's restaurant industry
— Daily Maverick reported that at Babel, waitstaff were paid as little as R150 per shift, far below the legal minimum of R27.58 per hour. Such practices violate Section 7 …
A Machine Learning Evaluation of the Effects of South Africa…
— Following the declaration by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on 11 March 2020, that the global COVID-19 outbreak had become a pandemic, South Africa implemented a full lockdown from 27 March 2020 for 21 days. The full lockdown was implemented after the publication of the National Disaster Regulations (NDR) gazette on …
Eminent Domain, Public Use," and Mineral Resource …
exploitation in South Africa. This debate can be categorized into two strands. The first strand of debate argues that "compulsory acquisition" of privately or communally-owned property for mineral resource development is important for sustainable development in South Africa3. The proponents of this position argue that the use of the power
Q&A: Uncovering the labor exploitation that powers AI
— None of that is trickling down to us," Paul, one of the workers, told them. As the Post wrote, "While AI is often thought of as human-free machine learning, the technology actually relies on the labor-intensive efforts of a workforce spread across much of the Global South and often subject to exploitation."
MINERAL DISCOVERY AND EXPLOITATION IN SOUTH AFRICA …
This article examines the crucial period between 1902 and 1910 in South Africa's political history. It focuses on the particular roles played by a small group of elite politicians in the formation of union, including Generals Louis Botha and Jan Smuts, J.X. Merriman, and a group of men known as the "kindergarten."
Challenges and new insights for exploitation of deep underground metal
— At present, more than 20 countries worldwide have recorded rockburst events with a maximum burst magnitude of Ms 5.1 in deep mining, especially gold mines in South Africa and India. From 1900 to 1994, more than 69000 miners have died, and 1 million have been injured in mines of South Africa; the main cause of these casualties was rockburst …
Introduction. Work across Africa: labour exploitation and …
Work across Africa: labour exploitation and mobility in Southern, Eastern and Western Africa - Volume 87 Issue 1 ... Lacey, M. (1981) Working for Boroko: the origins of a coercive labour system in South Africa. Johannesburg: Ravan.Google Scholar. McDowell, J. (2000) 'A history of the South African textile industry: the pioneering phase 1820 ...
Exploitation vs Exploration in Machine Learning: …
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Groundwater levels forecasting using machine learning …
— According to the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) in South Africa, about 10.3 km 3 /a is the total Utilisable Groundwater Exploitation Potential (UGEP) under non-drought conditions, while under drought conditions is about 7.5 km 3 /a [19]. In 1999 approximately 3.3 km 3 /a to 3.5 km 3 /a of groundwater
Putin's Exploitation of Africa Could Help Him Evade Sanctions
— Russia's pursuit of natural resources in Africa using mercenaries may help insulate it against global sanctions. The world must act, writes George Clooney, Justyna Gudzowska, and John Prendergast
Multinational Corporations and Natural Resources …
— Exploitation in Africa: Challenges and Prospects Christopher Oyier 69 Multinational Corporations and Natural Resources Exploitation in Africa: Challenges and Prospects Christopher Oyier1 Abstract This paper examines the critical role multinational corporations (MNCs) continue to play in natural resource exploitation in Kenya and Africa.
Early, intensive marine resource exploitation by Middle …
— South Africa, with modern winter seasonal rainfall isopleths; (B, Inset) detailed map (A, pink outline) of shell middens on the western coast in the winter rainfall zone. Maps in A and B are ...
Effective Response to Human Trafficking in South Africa: …
— While most and women work as domestic servants in wealthy homes, prostitutes, or strippers, the majority of boys and men serve as street urchins, to mention a few (U.S. Department of State, 2016). External dimensions involve the recruitment and transportation of persons from other countries into South Africa for the purpose of …
Q&A: Uncovering the labor exploitation that powers AI
— Investigating how tech firms like OpenAI and Meta teach their algorithms right from wrong, TIME's Billy Perrigo discovered routine exploitation in the Global South.
Online exploitation and abuse of children in Africa on the rise
— News and Press Release in English on World and 5 other countries about Protection and Human Rights; published on 30 May 2024 by ChildFund Alliance
Protection of Children's Rights to Privacy and Freedom …
and Freedom from Online Exploitation and Abuse in Southern Africa. A Case Study of South Africa and Zimbabwe, Supervisors: Zahara Nampewo, Makerere University (Uganda) and Marystella Simiyu, University of Pretoria. Master's Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa (HRDA), coordinated by Centre for Human Rights, University …
History of slavery and early colonisation in South Africa
With colonialism, which began in South Africa in 1652, came the Slavery and Forced Labour Model. This was the original model of colonialism brought by the Dutch in 1652, and subsequently exported from the Western Cape to the Afrikaner Republics of the Orange Free State and the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek. ... the exploitation of prostitution ...
Rocky Shores: Exploitation in Chile and South Africa
The Exploitation of Intertidal and Subtidal Biotic Resources of Rocky Shores in Chile and South Africa — An Overview W. R. Siegfried, P. A. R. Hockey, G. M. Branch Pages 1-15
The South African tradition of racial capitalism
— Capitalism in South Africa was racial capitalism, or to cite Alexander's (Citation 1985 [Citation 1983], 53) speech at the first National Forum meeting, "The class struggle against capitalist exploitation and the national struggle against racial oppression become one struggle under the general command of the black working class and its ...
Speed Queen ® Commercial Laundry Equipment South Africa
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