Staff walk for life

IT is estimated that one million people are trafficked around the world each year, having been lured into involuntary servitude and sexual slavery.

Morningside-based LexisNexis South Africa, provider of legal and business research, is dedicated to playing a positive role in tackling the scourge of human trafficking in South Africa. This country is one of the major source, transit and destination countries for trafficked women and children, Durban being one of the major routes.

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Each year, the corporation holds Cares Days around the globe when its staff volunteer their time to impact their local communities. The 2017 “Recognising Those Who Care” award winners, an international group from RELX Group (parent body of LexisNexis), joined some 240 local staff on a big walk along the beachfront recently, in association with the Domino Foundation, to create awareness around the issue of human trafficking, an issue the foundation’s Red Light Programme is engaged in combatting.

When handing a cheque to The Domino Foundation at the walk’s conclusion, Thabo Molefe, Divisional Director of LexisNexis’ Legal Information and Compliance, spoke of the corporation’s local history of commitment to combating human trafficking through direct financial support, awareness promotion, sponsorship of support for victims and assistance with training and education initiatives.

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