Al Exploitation Industry In South Africa

The exploitation of Migrant Labour in the Hospitality …

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

South Africa's De Beers the Most Unethical Corporation in the World

The purpose of DeBeers was the exploitation of diamond mines in South Africa. The challenge was that, according to Epstein, while diamonds were a rare resources only a couple of centuries ago, the discovery of extremely rich mines in South Africa and other countries of Africa was threatening to drive the prices down.

Why the wealth of Africa does not make Africans wealthy

Botswana and South Africa have befitted from moving up the value chain – developing high-skilled industries from natural resources rather than just exporting raw materials, such as diamond ...

Poaching of marine living resources : Can the tide be turned?

Introduction. Two of South Africa's high-value marine living resources, abalone (Haliotis midae) and West Coast rock lobster (Jasus lalandii) are under threat of illegal harvesting and trade by organised criminal syndicates. 2 In Paternoster, a village on the West Coast, visitors are overwhelmed by the audacity with which illegally harvested lobsters are offered for sale. 3 …

(PDF) Black economic empowerment in the South African mining industry

These analyses, along with Fanon's (1963) analysis of the bourgeoisie in newly sovereign states perpetuating systems of exploitation are used to interrogate power hierarchies shaping South Africa ...

Advertising Industries and Anti-Black Racism in South Africa

In this section, I discuss the moral and ethical position on anti-Black racism of the Media, Advertising and Communication industry (MAC) under which the advertising industry falls in South Africa. The MAC Charter is directly informed by the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act, 2003 (Act No. 53 of 2003).

South Africa: North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria

It seeks to review and set aside certain clauses [2] ("the challenged clauses") of the Broad-Based Socio-Economic Empowerment Charter for the Mining and Minerals Industry, 2018 ("the 2018 …

Why the wealth of Africa does not make Africans …

International mining companies were allowed to maintain power in independent African states, despite their involvement with colonial-era exploitation and atrocities. Botswana has sought to...

An exploration of women's workplace experiences in the South …

Among others, the objectives of the Act are to 'promote equitable access to the nation's mineral and petroleum resources to all the people of South Africa' and to 'substantially and meaningfully expand opportunities for historically disadvantaged persons, including women, to enter the mineral and petroleum industries and to benefit from the ...

Hollywood's exploitation of South Africa's film industry

Hollywood would like to create the idea that they are doing the South African film industry a favour, when in fact, it's the complete opposite. Only South Africa is able to give Hollywood companies what they want at such low prices, but there is a false narrative that South Africa is benefitting from these Hollywood companies.

Norman G Finkelstein's The Holocaust Industry: Reflections …

Norman G Finkelstein's The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering. (2010). Yesterday & Today Journal for History Education in South Africa and Abroad, 5, 177-179 ... &Today are in the first place those of the authors and should under no circumstances be considered the opinions of the South African Society for ...

The exploitation of Migrant Labour in the Hospitality …

The exploitation of Migrant Labour in the Hospitality Industry in South Africa Professor (Advocate) Stella Vettori ... generator of Gross Domestic Product in South Africa.(Webster et al, 2012; 5.) The hospitality industry makes up 67% of all tourism in South Africa, followed by travel which constitutes 16% of the tourism sector (HSRC, 2005: 16 ...

A Situational Analysis of Small-Scale Fisheries in South …

1 A Situational Analysis of Small-Scale Fisheries in South Africa: From Vulnerability to Viability Moenieba Isaacs1* Mafaniso M. Hara1 Tracey Lee Dennis1 Qurban A. Rouhani2 Carmen Mannarino3 Naseegh Jaffer3 1 University of the Western Cape, Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies, Cape Town, South Africa 2 Rhodes University, Department of Ichthyology …

A PROFILE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN CANOLA MARKET …

Provided the lower levels of local canola production, South Africa has been a net importer of canola over the past ten years. South Africa has, over the past ten years, exported an average of 10 tons of canola per annum and imported 2 265 tons annually. 0,00 1 000,00 2 000,00 3 000,00 4 000,00 5 000,00 6 000,00 7 000,00

Natural resource extraction and environmental sustainability …

We examine the effect of natural resource extraction on environmental sustainability in Africa. Using comprehensive panel data from 30 countries for the 2004–2021 …

Challenges in the ocean economy of South Africa

these activities and results could make a powerful contribution to South Africa's econ-omic take-off such as trade and transport activities by sea, namely, port activities and industries, fishing and exploitation of fishery and aquaculture resources, mining, oil and gas resources, exploitation of renewable marine and hydraulic energies ...

Navigating the SADC Critical Minerals Transition

Relations. He was a member of the UN Association of South Africa's UWC chapter and is pursuing his MA in International Relations at the University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa. His research interests include geopolitics, mediation, China's economic diplomacy in Africa and data governance in the SADC region. Ndeapo Wolf

2018 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor: South …

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

Global South should learn from Big Pharma's bullying of South Africa

In August, a Supreme Court ruling forced South Africa's government to make public the secretive vaccine supply contracts it struck with big pharmaceutical companies at the height of the COVID-19 ...

Large mammal exploitation during the c. 14-11 ka Oakhurst …

RESEARCH ARTICLE . Large mammal exploitation during the c. 14-11 ka Oakhurst techno-complex at Klipdrift Cave, South Africa . Emmanuel Discamps I; Christopher S. Henshilwood II, III; Karen L. van Niekerk II. I CNRS UMR5608 TRACES, University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès, Toulouse, France II SFF Centre for Early Sapiens Behaviour, University of Bergen, Bergen, …

Black peoples' control of South Africa's mining industry in …

The article concludes that for HDSA to gain control in the mining industry in South Africa they need to increase their equity shareholding and mine assets. The article recommends that policy makers concentrate on helping HDSAs acquire equity and mine assets and sort out impediments that lead to the unstable nature of their shareholding ...

Labour laws keep South Africa's textile industry struggling …

South Africa says its garment industry is better regulated and workers are better paid than in ultra low-cost producers in Asia, such as Bangladesh, where the collapse of a factory killed more than 1 100 people last month. The ANC-led government, with close links to labour unions, wants to go further by enforcing a wage agreement that would ...

Achieving sustainable corporate social responsibility …

Corporate social responsibility in South Africa's mining industry: An assessment. The Governance of Africa's Resources Programme. South African Institute of International Affairs. [ Links ] Van der Watt, P. & Marais, L. 2021. Implementing social and labour plans in South Africa: Reflections on collaborative planning in the mining industry.

INSIDE SOUTH AFRICA: EXPLOITATION, DISSENT AND …

INSIDE SOUTH AFRICA: EXPLOITATION, DISSENT AND REPRESSION Introduction This attempt to outline the nature of the South African state, the resulting patterns of exploitation and repression, and the resurgence of protest, is intended as an introduction to a documentary survey. The survey, focusing on the Black1 Consciousness Movement and the Chris

The extractive industry and human rights in Africa: Lessons …

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 violation of economic, …

The globalization of the South African mining industry

With an estimated mineral base of 2.5 trillion USD, South Africa is the largest exporter of platinum group metals, chromium and manganese ores (Antin, 2013(Antin,, 2015a(Antin,, 2015b.

'No identity': Why is Kenyan music failing to break

Nigeria and South Africa, even the Congo have had a music industry for so long. They've been able to really hone their sound, and they stand behind their sound. Kenyan DJs push Afrobeats and ...

The relevance and impact of South African labour law in the …

There are multiple reasons why it has failed: employers stay the process, threaten to collapse it, or exploit the conditions of workers; employers use tactics to affect the effectiveness of the …

Impacts of Coal Mining in Witbank, Mpumalanga Province of South Africa

Coal mining plays a critical role in the economy of South Africa though posing detrimental environmental effects on aquatic life and the terrestrial environments with one of the major impacts ...

The Wine Industry: Years of Exploitation and Human …

Although South Africa isn't at the very top of the list of wine-producing countries, it has been accused of violating several human rights for years. In 2011, Human Rights Watch released a report titled "Ripe with Abuse: Human Rights Conditions in South Africa's Fruit and Wine Industries," detailing the problems surrounding the country ...