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4. Design and Method 4.1. Aims and research tasks This report focuses on seven key aspects, which relate to trafficking. These are a) a profile of those who are trafficked b) a profile of traffickers c) an indication of established trafficking routes d) an overview of South African legislation that provides guidelines with regard to issues related to the trafficking of children for purposes of sexual exploitation. These issues are the care and safety of children, migration, child labour and child prostitution e) an overview of international conventions and agreements aimed at the prevention and elimination of the sexual exploitation of children and the trafficking of children f) police investigations g) service provision in terms of safety and treatment to children rescued from trafficking. In terms of scope, the research hopes to provide insights that will be relevant not only to South Africa but also to other regional and international initiatives and to provide a basis for further research and social and legal action. To this end the specific research tasks were: 1. To investigate actual reported instances of trafficking within the provinces of the Western Cape, Gauteng, KwaZulu Natal and the Eastern Cape, focusing on the main centres where trafficking has been reported; namely Cape Town, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Durban and Port Elizabeth. These centres were chosen because we had limited time in which to complete the research and because there were actual reported cases, which could be investigated 2. To examine and compare South African and international experiences of trafficking focusing on legislation, police and anti-trafficking organisations' investigative procedures and methodologies 3. To review South African legislation and international conventions 4. To create profiles of trafficked children, traffickers and identify and map trafficking routes and destinations To make recommendations with regard to social policy and legal reform. 4.2. The research team The research team comprised a senior researcher and two field researchers. The project team was based at the Molo Songololo offices, in Cape Town. 4.3. Design and Method Data Collection The research comprised the collection of qualitative and quantitative data. Data was collected through the following procedures: a) A search and review of relevant literature, including print media, covering reported instances of trafficking, trafficking routes and international debates and trends in trafficking for purposes of sexual exploitation of children b) Extensive interviews with nineteen girls and one young woman who had been trafficked when she was a child c) Interviews with two family members of trafficked children d) Interviews with three adult sex workers; two in Cape Town and one in Durban e) Open ended interviews with members of the following South African Police Service (SAPS) departments: Aliens Investigation Unit (Pretoria), Border Patrol Unit (Cape Town), Child Protection Unit (Cape Town), The Youth Desk (Cape Town), The Section Head of the Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit, The South African Narcotics Bureau (Port 15
Elizabeth) and investigating officers at police stations in Cape Town and Wintersveld in the Northwest Province and the Station Commissioner of the Hillbrow Police Station f) An interview with an official at the Thai embassy, in Pretoria and telephonic communication with the Moçambican Consulate in Cape Town g) Interviews with representatives of organisations that provide services to sexually exploited children and organisations engaged in research of aspects related to the sexual exploitation of children. In particular: • The Sex Worker Advocacy Taskforce (SWEAT), Ons Plek, Homestead, and email and telephonic communication with Straatwerk, in Cape Town • The Reproductive Health Research Unit based at Baragwanath Hospital and in Hillbrow, Zizanani, The House, and Sithabele Child and Youth Care Centre, Johannesburg • Lerato House, in Pretoria • Wings of Love and the School of Development Studies at the University of Natal in Durban and • Amnesty International in Port Elizabeth h) A survey of some Western Cape organisations that provide services to children at risk with the aim of establishing what their service provision to children who had been sexually exploited or were being sexually exploited is. These organisations are: • Streets • Tracing Missing Persons • Refugee Forum • Bon Esperanz (Women's Refugee Forum) • Children's Resources Centre • City Mission, and • Arise (Christian Child Care). i) Interviews with representatives of institutions who were believed to have useful information with regard to policy. These were the Commission on Gender Equality and the Assets Forfeiture Unit j) Interviews with The Aids Law Project at the University of the Witwatersrand, The Reproductive Health Unit and the Aids Project of the National Bargaining Council for the Road and Freight Industry in Johannesburg and the School of Development Studies at the University of Natal, Durban with regard to health issues related to HIV and STD transmission k) A telephonic interview with a radio journalist and a face-to-face interview with an independent researcher l) A review of the following South African statutes: • The Sexual Offences Act, 23/1957 as amended in 1988 • Proposed Draft Sexual Offences Bill, 1999 • The Aliens Control Act, 96/1991 as amended in 1995 • The Prevention of Organised Crime Act, 121/1998 as amended in 1999 • The Basic Conditions of Employment Act 57/1997 • The Promotion of Equality and Elimination of Unfair Discrimination Act, 4/2000 • The Immigration Bill, 2000 • The Child Care Act 74/1983 as amended in 1999 • The Domestic Violence Act 116/1998 • The Refugee Act, 130/1998 16
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