Would you like to cycle for a cause this year? We are currently recruiting cyclists to ride with us against human trafficking in the 94.7 Cycle Challenge this November! You may choose to raise funds (R1500 per cyclist) for any of the following organisations in the Network, however on the day we will all be […]
MoviWorld have been amazing at taking up the challenge: to use what they have, doing what they do, to help spread awareness of the reality of Human Trafficking in South Africa. They made this short PSA for us and Network partner InHuman Trade and it is now available for free use by any Network partner […]
TrustLaw is a programme of the Thomson Reuters Foundation which provides pro bono legal assistance to registered NGOs and social enterprises. It is a free service which connects high impact organisations that require legal assistance with lawyers in over 150 countries. TrustLaw is also operational here in South Africa and NGOs can apply to join. […]
Human Trafficking They not as good as walking on the streets of prostitution. She’s far less than that Sold like a bag of weed She’s crushed grey till her Dull life exploits her sexuality She has to surrender her white flag, Well, her black flag that captured her photographic mind Filled with her horrors hearse […]
My phone rings. It is one of the prosecutors who work on human trafficking cases, and she has a question for me: “Diane, what do we do with these girls? I walk with them through the entire court case and then… nothing. There is nothing at the end of it all that I can give […]
Gauteng is a strange place. I’m not sure if it is something in the air or in the water, but it seems like as soon as someone steps into Gauteng they are struck by ambition. Maybe it is ambition that drives people to Gauteng, but either way it has resulted in Gauteng being filled with […]
The title of this article is actually a quote by Kevin Bales, founder of “Free the Slaves” (link to www.freetheslaves.net) and author of “Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy”. He was a pioneer in what is now a global movement to end modern day slavery. The task of ending modern day slavery in […]
The National Freedom Network was born out of an evident need to bring together the various stakeholders in South Africa, who work in the sphere of counter-trafficking, to form a more united front against human trafficking. By uniting in knowledge, experience and understanding, as well as sharing resources and being able to easily access services […]