Gig Workers Rising: Crime in South Africa

[@ZohabZeeKhan]

Excellent journalism

[@otis3744]

This speakers to a deeper problem when it comes to the work of the department of labour, uber eats isnt taking advantage of the cheap labour, they are basically breaking south african law by employing non south africans in low skilled jobs And its not even a conversation of xenophobia, south africa has an unemployment of 32% and a youth unemployment of 62% the South African government is choosing to ignore this reality at its own peril

[@geraldramoabi4405]

It is very conflicting to watch, terrible, really. The high levels of Xenophobia comment is very vague but specific, too. Good work documenting their struggles. Companies will continue to rake in billions on the backs and lives of the most vulnerable people. They do not care, it's so complicated and Grey and they perpetuate it because fixing it makes them more responsible than they want to be. Unions in South Africa are not what they used to be. I think South Africans are not xenophobic which is not to say there isn't Xenophobia/tribalism however its weird to isolate SA'ns as being Xenophobic. We live with 4 million +- foreigners in this country more than any country in Africa, everyone that labels us a xenophobic is lazy. Everyone came here for better opportunity and want to vilify us for being disappointed to find that we are also desperate. They contribute to our struggles as well. I don't have the answers, but I do know that everyone is responsible for this from them to us, customers, government, and companies. Everyone must be held accountable. WE ALL NEED HELP. No one deserves it more than anyone because we all need it. They have all these jobs and even if SA'ns had them they would be experience the same. When foreigners rob and kill SA'ns its called crime but when its reverse we are Xenophobic? It's strange.

[@otis3744]

This is a great investigation, the dynamics are insanely complicated i doubt anyone is willing to go beyond the normal “they must go home rhetoric” The government itself has no legal tender to intervene in non-legal employment, its a weird situation.

[@andilemabika7690]

There’s no solution ~ South African proverb probably. I am telling you there’s bigger issues in this country. That run deep.

[@AllTheNamesAreGone]

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