Suburbs across Gauteng proving to be very lucrative markets for exploiters of human trafficking. Photo: Stock/ Canva

South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Thursday 28 April 2022

In the latest news in South Africa on Thursday 28 April 2022, human trafficking is rife in these parts of South Africa.

by Corné van Zyl

28-04-2022 05:30

in News

Suburbs across Gauteng proving to be very lucrative markets for exploiters of human trafficking. Photo: Stock/ Canva

We’ve got all the latest news stories and headlines in South Africa you really need to know on Thursday 28 April.

A new campaign is hoping to use Freedom Day as a platform to highlight the shocking levels of human trafficking going on inside South Africa. According to #TheTraffickYouNeedToKnow project, 64% of these victims are children – and all of our national ‘hot-spots’ for these crimes can be found in one province.

Be warned, a Level 10 severe veld fire weather warning has been issued for parts of the country by the South African Weather Service (SAWS) for Thursday.

Meanwhile, social justice organisations have slammed the new regulations set out for the SASSA Social Relief of Distress (SRD)/R350 grant saying the poor will be poorer.

The latest African Wealth Report for 2022 that was published this week revealed that studying these six university subjects would help you get on the road to riches.

This is just utterly, unspeakably evil: A 45-year-old mother from Ballito in Durban is facing a very long time behind bars, after she decided to DROWN her young daughter because ‘she was being difficult’. KZN SAPS has confirmed that the mom is now in police custody, and will appear in court on Thursday.

TODAY’S LATEST NEWS IN SOUTH AFRICA, Thursday 28 April

South Africa identifies 12 human traffickings ‘hot-spots’ – all in ONE province

Gauteng is, without question, Mzansi’s human trafficking hotbed. In terms of both recruitment and exploitation, there is more activity in these provincial suburbs than anywhere else in the country.

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Level 10 SEVERE weather warnings were issued for Thursday

A Level 10 severe veld fire weather warning has been issued for parts of the country by the South African Weather Service (SAWS).

It warned of veld fire conditions from early on Thursday until late in the evening.

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SASSA R350 grant: New regulations will leave the poor poorer

Social justice organisations have slammed the new regulations set out for the SASSA Social Relief of Distress (SRD)/R350 grant saying the poor will be poorer.

Under the National State of Disaster, the income threshold for one to be eligible for the R350 grant was R595 and has been reduced to R350 under the new regulations.

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Want to become a millionaire? Studying these SIX university subjects will help

If you have ever wanted to become a millionaire (who doesn’t), this is the story for you!

The latest African Wealth Report for 2022 that was published this week revealed that studying the following six university subjects would help you get on the road to riches.

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Mom from hell: Durban woman drowns daughter in bucket – ‘for being difficult’

This is just utterly, unspeakably evil: A 45-year-old mother from Ballito in Durban is facing a very long time behind bars, after she decided to DROWN her young daughter because ‘she was being difficult’. KZN SAPS have confirmed that the mom is now in police custody, and will appear in court on Thursday

These details aren’t for the faint-hearted. But so far, we understand that police were called to the scene after a nearby resident suspected that the four-year-old victim had been killed. Sure enough, officers who arrived at the property came across the body of the toddler – who also had her hands tied with tape.

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