𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 - At least two out of every 10 women begging on the street with a child is using a “rent a kid.” 💔Click here for the full story📱
Mother and child asks for handouts from motorists at the corner of Brixton and Symons roads in Johannesburg on 18 November 2022. Picture: Nigel Sibanda
At least two in every 10 women begging on the street with a child is using a “rent a kid”, according to a year-long investigation byBut you’ll still take home upwards of R200 for the day, more than some get paid in formal employment.Many of these beggars are being controlled by large criminal syndicates … and the cops say they can do nothing about it.
Faith Kungwane is one of the women paid to beg. She said a lot of young foreign women, who were understandably desperate on coming into SA, agreed to be part of the syndicate in exchange for a place to sleep and food. When asked if the recruitment process had requirements, Kungwane said you just had to be desperate enough or willing enough and they would handle the rest.also found minor children, including newborn babies, were being traded and strategically used for begging, which was what the masterminds behind the alleged child trafficking scam meant when they said they would handle the rest.
“It is concerning that both the rights of the children and the women are [being] abused; many of these children do not even go to school,” Save the Children’s Gugu Xaba said.The solution should be a permanent one, so these women did not want to return to the streets 24 hours after being removed, she said.
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