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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThembi (name\nchanged to protect survivor), was promised a job with good income, with her\ntravelling expenses and accommodation covered by the recruiter. Excited, she\npacked her bags and left for South Africa, not knowing what awaited her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Upon arrival\nin Johannesburg, she was taken to an apartment. She was pleased to see so many\ngirls of her age, but she was not allowed to speak to them. She was shown to a\nroom and was told that the Big Boss is on his way to meet her. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A\nwell-groomed Nigerian man arrived and Thembi she soon found out that the job\nshe was offered was fake and she must do as instructed by the Big Boss or he will\ndispose of her. After raping her, he left. Shocked and shattered Thembi cried\nbut had to get ready for work and her first client. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thembi was\nforced to take illicit drugs, saying that it pleases the customers and she must\nkeep them happy or she will be beaten up. \nThembi witnessed women being tortured and not given a meal for days\nbecause of not making the required amount for the day or following instructions. Afraid of what she saw, she obeyed the\nmanager. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thembi was exploited\ninto prostitution for 2 years and was abused by the manager, the Big Boss, and by\nher clients. All money she made had to\nbe given to the manager at the end of each day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With\nrestriction of movement due to the lockdown, Thembi and the many young women had\nhope for freedom. No more abuse, violence or to be forced to take drugs or forced\ninto prostitution, but their dreams were soon shattered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
One day the\nBig Boss came in and told them that they now have a new job, they must perform\nonline sex. <\/strong>He would\nregularly come to the apartment to monitor the operation. During his visit He\nwould rape any one of the young ladies from the group and Thembi was always his\ntarget. She soon fell pregnant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Thembi planned\nher escape, with no phone, money, or clothes, Thembi escaped and went to a\nnearby clinic for help. The doctor found that she was not only pregnant but\nintoxicated from the drugs. Thembi was treated and later discharged and placed\nin safety. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There are\nmillions of women like Thembi globally, who fall victim of human trafficking\nand are exploited into prostitution, drugs, violence, and abuse. Thembi and her\nunborn baby are incredibly lucky to have escaped, sadly many do not make it.\nThey are hunted down and taken back into the system or they are murdered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n We are\nencouraging people to do their research before accepting a job offer. You must\nnot trust anyone, be it your friend, family member or a stranger. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Lack of jobs and poor living conditions, minors, and young people from surrounding countries, desperate for a better life, accept job offers without doing any research. They leave home, in hope of a better life, and living conditions. Earning an income, means that they can send money back home for their loved ones. They are […]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"tpgb_global_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[39,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-trafficking","category-news"],"tpgb_featured_images":{"full":["https:\/\/site.hopetoheal.org.za\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/23593782-online_prostitution.jpg",1600,900,false],"tp-image-grid":["https:\/\/site.hopetoheal.org.za\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/23593782-online_prostitution.jpg",700,394,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/site.hopetoheal.org.za\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/23593782-online_prostitution-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/site.hopetoheal.org.za\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/23593782-online_prostitution-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/site.hopetoheal.org.za\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/23593782-online_prostitution-768x432.jpg",768,432,true],"large":["https:\/\/site.hopetoheal.org.za\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/23593782-online_prostitution.jpg",1020,574,false],"default":"https:\/\/site.hopetoheal.org.za\/staging\/wp-content\/plugins\/the-plus-addons-for-block-editor\/assets\/images\/tpgb-placeholder.jpg"},"tpgb_post_meta_info":{"get_date":"August 23, 2020","get_modified_date":"August 23, 2020","category_list":{"category":[{"term_id":39,"name":"Human Trafficking","slug":"human-trafficking","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":39,"taxonomy":"category","description":"Human Trafficking News and Updates","parent":0,"count":61,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":19,"name":"News","slug":"news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":19,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":238,"filter":"raw"}],"post_tag":false,"post_format":false},"author_name":"Hope To Heal","author_url":"https:\/\/site.hopetoheal.org.za\/staging\/author\/hope2233\/","author_email":"webmaster@hopetoheal.org.za","author_website":"","author_description":"Our mission is for women and children to live free from violence and abuse and to provide quality, compassionate, and nonjudgmental services in a manner that fosters self-respect and independence in persons experiencing domestic violence and child abuse and to lead the struggle to end domestic violence through advocacy and community education.","author_facebook":"","author_twitter":"","author_instagram":"","author_role":["administrator"],"author_firstname":"Hope To","author_lastname":"Heal Foundation","user_login":"Hope2233","author_avatar":"![\"\"](\"http:\/\/site.hopetoheal.org.za\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/POSTER-TRAFFICKING-23-AUG-2020-page-001.jpg\")
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