H. Res. 1412 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

July 1, 2010. 

Whereas from June 11, 2010, through July 11, 2010, the 

2010 Fe ́de ́ration Internationale de Football Association 

(FIFA) World Cup will be hosted by South Africa and 

include games played in stadiums across the country, including Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Durban, 

Bloemfontein, Rustenburg, Pretoria, Johannesburg, 

Nelspruit, and Polokwane; 

Whereas the 2010 FIFA World Cup is likely to attract an 

estimated 2,700,000 local spectators and 350,000 to 

500,000 visitors to the country; 

Whereas the influx of tourism is likely to lead to an increase 

in demand for sexual services and create demand for the 

commercial sexual exploitation of women and children; 

Whereas the preparations for the 2010 FIFA World Cup 

have resulted in an influx of foreign workers; 

Whereas the hospitality industries may be particularly susceptible to labor trafficking during the 2010 FIFA World 

Cup; 

Whereas the Government of South Africa has invested in 

media campaigns and other initiatives to prevent and 

combat trafficking, such as the Tsireledzani Initiative 

and the Red Card 2010 Campaign: Disqualifying Human 
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Trafficking in Africa, and has created and trained a 

human trafficking law enforcement unit which is one important element of the South African Department of Social Development’s 2010–2015 Strategic Plan; 

Whereas the Government of South Africa has planned to provide shelter and rehabilitative care to victims of human 

trafficking throughout the country during the World Cup 

and beyond at Thuthuzela Centres, which exist through 

the country’s domestic violence and anti-rape intervention 

strategy; 

Whereas the Government of South Africa has ordered schools 

to be closed during the 2010 FIFA World Cup, raising 

concerns that children could be left unattended during a 

period of high trafficking potential; 

Whereas, on June 14, 2010, the United States Department 

of State released its annual Trafficking in Persons Report, asserting that ‘‘South Africa is a source, transit, 

and destination country for men, women, and children 

subjected to trafficking in persons, specifically forced 

labor and forced commercial sexual exploitation. Children 

are largely trafficked within the country from poor rural 

areas to urban centers like Johannesburg, Cape Town, 

Durban, and Bloemfontein. Girls are subjected to sex 

trafficking and involuntary domestic servitude; boys are 

forced to work in street vending, food service, begging, 

criminal activities, and agriculture.’’; 

Whereas this release marks the 10th anniversary of the Trafficking in Persons Report and no country has yet to build 

a fully comprehensive response to combating trafficking 

and protecting survivors; 
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Whereas women and girls have reportedly been trafficked into 

South Africa from as far away as Russia, Thailand, 

Pakistan, Philippines, India, China, Bulgaria, Romania, 

Ukraine, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Angola, Burundi, Ethiopia, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, 

Kenya, Cameroon, Nigeria, and Somalia; 

Whereas civil society in South Africa, with the support of the 

South African Government, has invested notable energy 

and resources into preventing human trafficking at the 

2010 FIFA World Cup through Cape Town Tourism, 

International Union of Superiors General and the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Catholic 

Church, the Salvation Army, the Tshwane Counter-Trafficking Coalition for 2010, and many other nongovernmental and religious organizations; and 

Whereas in April 2010, the Durban Magistrates Court convicted two individuals accused of running a brothel and 

using Thai women as prostitutes of over a dozen offenses, 

including money laundering, racketeering, and contravention of the Sexual Offenses and Immigration Acts, thereby marking the first successful convictions for human 

trafficking in South Africa: Now, therefore, be it 

Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

(1) congratulates the Government of South Africa 

upon its first two successful convictions for human trafficking; 

(2) recognizes the implementation of several elements of South Africa’s anti-trafficking strategy and remains hopeful that full implementation of such anti-trafficking measures will proceed without delay; 
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(3) acknowledges the passage in South Africa of the 

Child Justice Act of 2008 (Act No. 75, 2008) and underscores the importance of rehabilitative care of minors 

under the age of 18; 

(4) recognizes the Government of South Africa’s notable efforts to combat trafficking leading up to, during, 

and following the 2010 Fe ́de ́ration Internationale de 

Football Association (FIFA) World Cup; 

(5) recognizes the shelters and rehabilitative care 

provided to human trafficking victims during the World 

Cup through such centers as the Thuthuzela Centres 

and encourages further shelter and care programs for 

victims beyond the event’s conclusion; 

(6) calls on the Government of South Africa to 

move quickly to adopt the Prevention and Combating of 

Trafficking in Persons Bill in order to facilitate future 

prosecutions; 

(7) calls on the Government of South Africa to increase awareness among all levels of relevant government 

officials as to their responsibilities under the trafficking 

provisions of the Sexual Offenses and Children’s Acts; 

(8) calls on the Government of South Africa to 

prioritize anti-trafficking law enforcement during the 

2010 FIFA World Cup through expanded law enforcement presence, raids, and other measures in areas where 
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trafficking for labor and sexual exploitation are likely to 

occur; 

(9) calls on the Government of South Africa to 

adopt measures to protect vulnerable children, including 

those children unattended because of school closures and 

refugee children, as well as other potential victims, from 

sexual and labor exploitation; and 

(10) urges the Government of South Africa to detain and prosecute tourists participating in commercial 

sexual exploitation of women and children during the 

2010 FIFA World Cup. 

Attest: 

Clerk.