Child Labor2009
South Africa ZA
The trafficker approached a widowed woman with seven children and offered to take two of the children (a boy and a girl) to South Africa so that he could educate them and take care of their needs. The poor and burdened mother agreed and the children were smuggled to Mbuzini, where they were kept for a few weeks before they learnt that they were meant to be killed, for the harvesting of their body parts to be used for ritual purposes.
Sex Trafficking2010
South Africa ZA
Nine Nigerian men were arrested for allegedly trafficking twelve women, between the ages of 18 and 30, from around the country to Ermelo and forcing them into prostitution. Home affairs officials confirmed that the suspects applied for asylum in South Africa, and according to the information in their application forms, they do not qualify for asylum. The women were given R30 a day for food, and from time to time they were forced to take drugs to ensure they remained addicts. The twelve women, between the ages of 18 and 30, told the police the men took all their earnings and the y were not paid for the jobs that they were doing.