Police nab Zim 'human trafficking’ accused
Monday, April 15, 2024 | 210 Views |
Othusitse Ncube
According to the charge sheet, the accused, Othusitse Ncube, allegedly trafficked a minor, also from Zimbabwe, on April 10, in Matsiloje contrary to Section 12 A (1) of the Anti-Human Trafficking Act No 13 of 2018 (Cap 08:09).
Act 13, 2018 puts into effect the United Nations’ Protocol to prevent, suppress, and punish trafficking in persons; to provide for the prohibition, prevention, and combating of human trafficking, to provide for measures to protect and assist victims of trafficking in persons, and other related matters. Ncube, who's based in Soweto in South Africa (SA), allegedly got nabbed by the police at the Matsiloje veterinary checkpoint.
It is a clear signal that the government’s purse is empty and that our own behaviour has left veterinary officials fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. We have been here before. During COVID-19, many of us thought we knew better. We ignored simple rules, we carried on as if the danger was someone else’s problem, and the virus took lives and left our economy on its knees. We are still broke from that experience. Yet now, with FMD...