The Presidency announced on 30th July 2013 that President Zuma had signed into law five Bills, including the Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Bill. This piece of legislation has been before Parliament for six years, and has been the focus of advocacy campaigns around issues of human trafficking for more than a decade. The legislation is the largely the result of work done by the South African Law Reform Commission, together with numerous civil society inputs.

Written by Peter-John Pearson, Director at Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference Parliamentary Liaison Office (CPLO)