Ramotswa, Botswana
The Sunday Standard turned up information that the company Zheng Ming, which operated a sweatshop in Ramotswa, was part of an international trade in modern day slavery. Industrial Court Judge, Elijah Legwaila, would later rule that “it appears that Chinese nationals pay large sums of money to recruitment agencies who send them abroad with all sorts of promises...by the time such people land at any destination they have neither the money nor the bargaining power to protect their rights."
Location
Botswana · Ramotswa · 2009 (location generalized to protect survivors)
Response & intervention
Judge Legwaila was appointed to the case of Bin Quin Lin, a Chinese national working for Zheng Ming Knitwear, who was held in forced labour without pay. The outcome of this case is not cited.
Sunday Standard journalist investigation. Ramotswa Labour Officer, Seabi Pilane, acknowledged that she was unable to make site visits to factories under her jurisdiction for inspection due to lack of adequate facilities, especially transport. She, however, referred The Sunday Standard to the Gaborone District Labour Office for details on labour inspections. Here is the link to the sunday standard article: http://www.sundaystandard.info/news/news_item.php?NewsID=2186&GroupID=1
Sunday Standard
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