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This chapter traces the invention of trafficking as a preoccupation in South Africa. To acomplish this I consider the paths of influence that led to the creation of the South African Trafficking Act. I argue that the global influence and concern for migration control has resulted in law that is at odds with South African realities and, in ignoring significant forms of violence whilst attending to others, new forms of entitlement and exclusion are created. I also trace how trafficking has come to be “known” through the research and advocacy that has happened over the past decade. The focus of this chapter is therefore on how and why trafficking has come to matter and the post-apartheid moral orders that inform the preoccupation with trafficking over other forms of violence.
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These figures were largely discredited; see https://africacheck.org/factsheets/factsheet-understanding-human-trafficking/ however they continued to circulate impacted on the urgency around the legislative process.
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The full video clip can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMEG_MuyCUY
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Magumaguma are group of smugglers that operate on borderlands assisting people without documents to cross the border for payment. They are notoriously violent.
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Palmary, I. (2016). Trafficking: New Scandals of Slavery Amidst Old Regimes of Power. In: Gender, Sexuality and Migration in South Africa. Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40733-3_4
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