S.Africa Court Jails 7 Chinese Nationals for Human Trafficking

Five of the seven Chinese nationals sentenced to 20 years in jail for enslaving Malawians to work in their factory. Image via SABC.

A South African court sentenced seven Chinese nationals to 20 years in prison Wednesday for forcing more than 90 Malawians, some as young as 14, to work in a Johannesburg sweatshop.

Africa’s most industrialised nation is a magnet for undocumented migrants from across the continent, some of whom are lured into schemes in which they are held against their will.

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