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by authority- High Court Johannesburg (Gauteng) (Ermittlungen u. a. Department of Employment and Labour) 1 case 100 % · €14,584
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per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
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| Q1 2024 | 0 | – |
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| Q3 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | – |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q3 2025 | 1 | €14,584 |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | – |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | – |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | – |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | – |
| Q4 2026 | 0 | – |
1 case
10 Sep 2025 Beautiful City (Pty) LtdHuman trafficking and child labour: fine for Beautiful City factory €14,584
On 10 September 2025 the High Court in Johannesburg fined Beautiful City (Pty) Ltd, a factory making cotton fibre products in Village Deep (Johannesburg), 300,000 ZAR. A joint inspection by the Department of Employment and Labour (labour ministry), the police and the Department of Home Affairs (home affairs ministry) in November 2019 had found mainly foreign workers without residence rights, including minors, on locked premises; the court noted, among other things, wages below the national minimum wage, failure to register with the Compensation Fund and the UIF, and an unsafe workplace.
Forced labour, child labour and human trafficking in manufacturing
- Authority / court
- High Court Johannesburg (Gauteng) (Ermittlungen u. a. Department of Employment and Labour)
- Area of law
- Supply chain and human rights · Forced and child labour
- Legal basis
- Straftatbestände Menschenhandel, Beihilfe zum Menschenhandel, Schuldknechtschaft und Nutznießung aus Menschenhandel; Verstöße gegen Vorschriften zu Unemployment Insurance Fund, Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act, National Minimum Wage und Occupational Health and Safety; Beihilfe zum illegalen Aufenthalt (laut Department of Employment and Labour, ohne Paragrafenangaben)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Manufacturing and mechanical engineering
- Liability of senior managers
- Measures against individuals are not set out here.
- Published
- 10 Sep 2025
Original amount 300,000 ZAR, converted at the ECB reference rate of 10 Sep 2025.
- Department of Employment and Labour, media statement of 10 September 2025 Press release of an authority
- Department of Employment and Labour: Seven Chinese nationals plus their company charged with human trafficking and child labour found guilty (25.02.2025) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 4 Oct 2026 · Direct link