Big Dada
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No economically sound person should be migrating from Ghana 🇬🇭 to South Africa 🇿🇦 for greener pastures. Most people don’t even know our Ghanaian Cedis has always been stronger than the Rands for years now.
Apartheid didn't fall because a handful of South Africans ran to Nigeria. It fell because millions stayed and fought backed by global pressure, sanctions, and decades of internal resistance.
Just below our noses, this is what is happening. Deputy Minister Jomo Sibiya led a joint inspection team involving labour inspectors, immigration officials, and the police visiting a sawmilling company called Lowpal Timbers in Thaba Chwewu Municipality (Mbombela) What they uncovered is nothing short of a scandal and indictment to unions, government, political parties, including local government: 1. Out of 66 workers, only 12 were South African, despite the law being clear that foreign recruitment should be limited to genuinely scarce skills. 2. Workers have suffered severe injuries, including the loss of fingers and limbs. 3. Not a single injured worker was compensated. The employer registered them and deducted for compensation, but never paid those funds into the Compensation Fund. One worker was injured way back in 2013 - 13 years ago!!! He is still there - not compensated, not counselled - nothing! 4. All of the injured workers are undocumented. As SAFTU has consistently warned, some employers do not hire undocumented workers out of goodwill; they do so because they are easier to exploit and silence. 5. GIWUSA, a SAFTU-affiliated union, has attempted to organise this workplace, but fear is widespread. Workers are too afraid of losing their jobs to stand up. 6. The employer has now been arrested, and the company shut down without workers losing their wages. Compensation will need to be paid to those injured. This is exploitation in its rawest form, unfolding openly. We need to return to the drawing board. Unions only organise a quarter of workers today. Something has gone very wrong. But we can still turn it around.
@EjaluJohn @jamesonen You should find it extremely embarrassing that your people flood other countries just to sell bananas and tomatoes. We also acknowledge that our government has failed us, countries like Tanzania has banned non citizens from owning or operating small retail businesses.
There is no government that would summon our Ambassadors if the government actually enforced immigration laws. Immigration laws are enforced all over Africa and rest of the world, and no one says its xenophobia. The issue in SA, is a failing government that leads to citizens having to step in. The only solution is a government actually enforcing the immigration laws !!!
Abeg who get that “ɛmu wa ɛmu wa ɛnka metɔ” video 🤣😭
