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OPINION | The shadow scaffolding beneath South Africa’s construction industry

South Africa’s construction industry did not become dependent on vulnerable migrant labour by accident. It emerged through years of economic stagnation, weak enforcement and business models that increasingly externalised labour costs onto those least able to defend themselves, writes the author.

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