AYABONGA CAWE: Maria Mahlangu and the invisibility of domestic workers
13 June 2021 - 15:13
A 2020 Constitutional Court judgment emphasised that “a comprehensive social security, particularly for the most vulnerable members of society” is a cornerstone of any young democracy.
Maria Mahlangu died at her employers’ home in 2012, drowning in a pool while her boss of 22 years “heard no sounds of a struggle” while in the leisurely abode of her home...
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