Evidence of shellfish use and cultural practice (use of red ochre) by Homo sapiens from a sea-cave in South Africa around 164,000 years ago presents the earliest evidence for the exploitation of ...
The South African mining industries are experiencing many difficulties; one of them is the unrest of the communities protesting about unemployment and poverty.
For instance, Berthé et al. (2008), in a study conducted in Burkina Faso, found that more than 75% of a sample of 700 in prostitution either lived with their families or had good ...
The exploitation of lions. ... The commercial captive lion breeding industry in South Africa is a cruel and controversial practice that raises serious concerns about animal welfare and public health. This industry creates a misleading impression that lions are abundant and thriving, as there are more lions in captivity than in the wild. ...
Work across Africa: labour exploitation and mobility in Southern, Eastern and Western Africa - Volume 87 Issue 1 Last updated 10th July 2024: Online ordering is …
Based on the thematic analysis conducted on the articles that met the inclusion criteria, we find that human rights abuses tend to be associated with the …
In Africa, extensive analysis regarding the magnitude as well as the prevalence of child labor abuse has been conducted by various researchers: Canagarajah and Nielsen (Citation 2001) on Child Labor and Schooling; Kempe Ronald (Citation 2005) on child survival, poverty, and labor in Africa; and Zheng et al. (Citation 2018) on the …
One third of children in South Africa at risk of online violence, exploitation and abuse PRETORIA, 08 February 2021 – More than 95 per cent of children in South Africa have access to the Internet regularly, but their risky online behaviour can expose them to online violence, exploitation and abuse, according to the 'SA Kids Online Study ...
The Department of Environmental Affairs (Citation 2014) and Van Wyk (Citation 2015) indicate that 58% of South Africa's GDP is based on trade, and 98% of South Africa's trade volume moves by ship, in addition, the country generates a significant 3.5% of the world's seaborne trade volume.
Human trafficking for sexual exploitation occurs in South Africa. For the first time since South Africa ratified the United Nations Protocol in 2004, in 2008/2009 the SAPS recorded cases of human trafficking for sexual exploitation. It appears that this crime has historical roots going back to the colonial period and slavery.
Capitalist development in South Africa … is quite independent of the capacity of the South African market, since the principal branch of production, the working of the gold mines, has a practically unlimited market for its product, and depends only upon the natural conditions for increasing the exploitation of the gold mines and the ...
Middle Stone Age (MSA) shellfish remains were studied for indications of changes in subsistence adaptations. Optimal Foraging Theory was applied to the MSA shellfish assemblages from Blombos Cave and Klasies River, South Africa, to model which shellfish would be most profitable to collect in terms of meat yield and handling costs.
Commercial farm workers in South Africa endured centuries of exploitation and abuse until the 1990s, when progressive legislation was promulgated that confers …
The negative effects of a victim discourse on communities struggling against the ills of big capital and neocolonialism have already been discussed at length by scholars influenced by the black consciousness movement in South Africa (e.g., Pityana et al. Citation 1991; Ramphele Citation 1991).
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 ...
Keywords: employers, exploitation, inequality, institutional work, mining, South Africa. INTRODUCTION. What is the role of employers in the unsettling and …
ENVIRONMENT The Out of the Shadows Index reports South Africa as having a relatively stable environment,6 but South African children are still highly impacted by a context of violence, poverty and inequality, which can leave them with considerable risks of becoming victims of sexual exploitation. 7 In 2016, the Optimus Foundation published a study on …
In fact, the sugar industry in KwaZulu-Natal can be considered the birthplace of the modern labour movement in South Africa. Celebrated struggle icons like Jay Naidoo and Chris Dlamini, for instance, cut their political teeth organising sugar workers underground before going on to become the first leaders of the Congress of South …
South Africa's overall mining profits slipped by more than $5 billion in the last financial year. A new report says the country's once-dominant gold production industry …
EXPLOITATION OF WILD OYSTERS. Indigenous people have exploited shellfish resources in South Africa for thousands of years, as evidenced by the numerous shell remains found in prehistoric middens (Thackeray 1988, Van Andel 1989).However, oyster shells have not been reported from these middens, indicating that they were not …
industry makes up 67% of all tourism in South Africa, followed by travel which constitutes 16% of the tourism sector (HSRC, 2005: 16.) "Hospitality is by far the largest subsector in the
Just as they were exploited in Apartheid South Africa, they must just accept that their cheap black labour is good for the employers. But maybe there is hope for …
The mineral wealth of South Africa has been exploited by Homo sapiens for at least 40,000 years and has provided many and varied commodities including gold, platinum and diamonds. This chapter provides a historical perspective on minerals and mining mainly in South Africa, although it does occasionally stray across the borders …
South africa N M AL ADVANC M NT 2 bureau of InternatIonal labor affaIrS 2018 fIndIngS on the WorSt formS of chIld labor In South Africa, parents at a given school may vote to pass a resolution authorizing the collection of school fees during a given year. (32) The government waives tuition for the poorest 60 percent of students, but in
2012), Kenya (Sindiga 1994) and South Africa. Among the corpus of research on South Africa is material which investigates employment in the Cape Town lodging sector (Maumbe and van Wyk 2008), the quality of work life of hotel and resort employees (Naude et al. 2012) and an important national investigation commissioned
The current turbulence in the mining industry in South Africa has its roots in several different factors. First, the fall in global demand for platinum and other minerals due to recession; second, the consequences of the Marikana disaster in destabilising labour relations; and third, the structural character of our mining industry. A great deal has …
The aim of this research was to determine the economic impact of trophy hunting in the wildlife industry of South Africa. The link to the questionnaire was distributed electronically by the Professional Hunters Association of South Africa (PHASA) as well as by SCI (Safari Club International) to the 7600 hunters who engaged in hunting …
1. Introduction. The relationship between resource extraction and sustainable development in Africa has largely remained contested. Indeed, while the World Bank and African governments/elites are often quick to point out that resource extraction contributes to the economic development of African countries, others have emphasized the negative …
Furthermore, within this highskill industry, women are more li- -paid kely to occupy lower positions. Our findings suggest that efforts focusing on low -income categories and improving the ... (Danquah et al.2021). We estimate the gender wage differential in the formal economy. ... In South Africa,Casale and Posel(2002) note that more women ...
Saayman et al. (Citation 2012), for example, evaluated the potential impact of tourism on poverty in South Africa using an applied general equilibrium (AGE) model and found that in the short term, the poor benefit very little, if at all, from additional tourism inflows to South Africa. According to the authors, a 10% increase in tourism would ...
