In the videos, which have been shared by several South African opinion makers with millions of followers, girls aged 18-22 are offered to join Alanta Start, vaguely promising international career, plane flights, accommodation and Russian language courses in the Russian Tatarstan Republic.
A journalistic study conducted by The Associated Press last year revealed that some of the women involved in the program, most of whom were from African countries, were forced to work in the assembly factories of drones used in the Russian war against Ukraine.
Chrispin Firis, a spokesman for South African Foreign Affairs, told AFP that the situation is being investigated.
The Ministry of Women’s and Youth Affairs in the statement expressed “a great concern about the recent announcements on social networks on alleged job offers for young South African women seeking employment in Russia.”
“We encourage young people to be vigilant,” the report states.
In some videos, opinion makers visit the drone assembly plant in the Russian Alabuga Special Economic Zone near Jelabuga.
“It seems that girls – Africans, Asians and Latin Americans – are treated honestly here,” said one of the internet characters in a video now deleted for more than two million followers.
Officials did not specify how many women could use the offer.
“In human beings, syndicats entice young people to all kinds of illegal activities in slave conditions,” said Clayson Monjela, head of the Public diplomacy of South African Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“So it’s basically trafficking in human beings because you are practically losing your freedom,” he told Radio 702.
In March, the Government repatriated 23 South African citizens from online fraud centers in Myanmar, who are suspected of working for thousands of people from different countries who came to the promise of a well -paid job.
