On a small blanket laid on the tarred ground in Village Deep in southern Johannesburg, a man shuffles a deck of cards and shares them with a group of about 10 others. The men have been sitting underneath shade cloth in a disused parking lot across from the premises of the ironically named blanket factory, Beautiful City.n visited the industrial area earlier this week. Most of the factories appeared to be deserted.
The National Minimum Wage Act was proclaimed in December 2018 and came into effect from January 1 this year. The failure of the factory owner to comply with the Act over the past 10 months prompted the department of labour to slap him with penalties and a compliance order amounting to R6.3-million. Gauteng’s chief labour inspector, Michael Msiza, said in a statement that information obtained by the department was that the workers were locked in the factory day and night. “When they wanted to buy something they were expected to write it on a piece of paper for their bosses to buy it for them.”
Hawks spokesperson Katlego Mogale said the factory has been operating for the past four years. Documents from the Companies and Intellectual Properties Commission show that the factory was, however, first registered only in 2017, with Xiaolong Guo named as its sole director. The change in directorship was enacted in March this year, three months after the South African Revenue Services issued the business with a value-added tax certificate.
So this is what we can expect when the Chinese colonise South Africa? Watch this space!!
Is Mr Shih Shen legally here?
Why is this story not shown on tv
Obviously no schooling 4 these kidnapped, trafficked or worse, children; like in days of slavery here & abroad. Maybe some had been handed over, voluntarily or not, by own parents, relatives or rulers in exchange 4 money, personal gain, etc, again like days of slavery: Shocking
realising that this is just one factory in one city busted on one day. how many more in other cities go unnoticed? the plight of the victims is heart wrenching
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