Author: Gasa S.
Date of Publication: 2020
South African domestic workers have long been deprived of recognition as employees. The South
African Domestic Service and Allied Workers Union and other activist organisations asked the
Constitutional Court to confirm a High Court ruling, which affirmed domestic workers’ rights. Eight
years after one of their own died at an employer’s home, the ConCourt hearing symbolised the
beginning of closure for the deceased’s daughter. [View resource]
