By Bongiwe Dlamini

EZULWINI:Nathie Dlamini, the Business Eswatini Chief Executive Officer(CEO) has vigorously opposed the proposed banning of Labour Brokers.

The corporate entities known as Labour Brokers are recruiting emaSwati to work at Pick N Pay and other outlets or companies for a mere one thousand five hundred Rands(R1,500.00) per-month.

Dlamini was speaking during the official launch of the Triangular Employment Ban Impact Analysis on Friday at the Royal Villas-Ezulwini, he said the ban will undermine job security while threatening the survival of the Small and Medium Enterprise(SMEs).

But Wander Mkhondza, the Secretary General of the Amalgamated Trade Union of Swaziland(ATUSWA) warned Business Eswatini against playing business politics using people’s lives. He consistently maintained that Labour Brokers must be banned for exploitating workers and turning them into corporate slaves.

“Labour Brokers must be banned because they are engaged in the business of modern day slavery. They secure business contracts and then, pay workers ‘peanuts’ so we don’t want Labour Brokers. You see the purpose of securing employment or a job is to restore your dignity as a worker. Therefore, you must receive a decent salary but Labour Brokers are not doing that, they are turning workers into slaves,” said the ATUSWA Secretary General.