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Does Human Trafficking Need a New Definition?

Does internationally accepted terminology around human trafficking adequately capture African realities? Often what the international community labels as human trafficking is in fact locally accepted labour practices, writes Tuesday Reitano for ISS.

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Unaccompanied children at the Musina/ Beit Bridge border in South Africa (file photo).

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