KRAAIFONTEIN
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Woensdag, 4 Maart 2026 | Tel: 021 910 6500 | e-pos: nuus@tygerburger.co.za | Website: www.tygerburger.co.za
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BOERE ONDER DRUK VAN NUWE INFORMELE NEDERSETTING BLADSY 3 MENINGITIS CASES RISE IN WESTERN CAPE PAGE 5
Stappers van heinde en verre het verlede naweek die 6, 13 en 21 km by die Weg-Stapfees op Meerendal kafgedraf.
INTERNATIONAL TRAFFICKING RING BUST
Trafficked victims speak out DESIRÉE RORKE ou are not human, you are money-making machines.” These were the words two men from Cape Town encountered upon arriving at a Cambodian scam centre. The two men, aged 19 and 30 and related to one another, were among eight people from Kraaifontein who were trafficked to Cambodia last year. In a sit-down with TygerBurger, they could finally share their
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harrowing experience following the arrest of two alleged recruiters by the Hawks in Kraaifontein last week. The younger man was only 18 and had just completed matric when he was recruited. THE LURE OF FALSE PROMISES Desperate for employment, he saw an advertisement on social media — “call centre agents needed for a company in Thailand, all expenses paid,
UNEMPLOYED LURED TO HELL WITH FALSE PROMISES OF OVERSEAS WORK salary $400 plus commission, accommodation included”. The other man was unemployed with a young family to support. “I had just started my life, and this looked like a golden opportunity to go overseas, save some money, and return to South Africa to buy a house for my
family. It would have been our chance to make a better life in a country where there are very few opportunities for us,” he says. The 18-year-old applied first and departed the country, with his older family member following four months later. TO PAGE 4
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