CAPE TOWN – A labour expert on Tuesday said labelling labour brokers as human traffickers is wrong.

Cosatu’s Patrick Craven made the remark in a statement released by the trade union federation.

Craven said labour brokers are making huge profits by hiring out employees like commodities.

However labour analyst Tony Healy disagreed and said they help create jobs.

“They tend to use more employees than they would use if they were to employ those employees directly.”

Meanwhile, responding to Craven’s statement about 30 percent of the work force being casualise, Healy said, “Actualisation per say is not unlawful. There will be times when certain employers over weekend will employ casuals. I don’t think it is right to criticise that because any employment when u are unemployed is a good thing.”

(Edited by Lisa Bartlett)

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