Minister in the Presidency responsible for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Sindisiwe Chikunga , says social media companies that recruit the youth for overseas jobs must act transparently and ensure that the recruitment is safe and accountable.
She was delivering a special statement in the National Assembly this week. This follows an outcry after South African social media influencers promoted a Russian programme called Alabuga Start, which promoted work opportunities, but investigations found it was a front for forced labour in a military industrial complex.
In another development, seven Chinese nationals were sentenced to 20 years each this week for trafficking and forced labour in South Africa.
