{"id":2160,"date":"2025-08-29T00:06:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T22:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swazidailynews.com\/?p=2160"},"modified":"2025-08-29T00:06:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T22:06:03","slug":"all-you-need-to-know-about-the-russian-job-scheme-targeting-south-african-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/2160\/news\/world\/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-russian-job-scheme-targeting-south-african-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"All You Need to Know About the Russian Job Scheme Targeting South African Youth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"206\" data-end=\"388\">A social media campaign has come under intense scrutiny after several South African influencers and TikTok personalities promoted a Russian work programme known as <em data-start=\"370\" data-end=\"385\">Alabuga Start<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"390\" data-end=\"601\">Well-known influencers such as Cyan Boujee, Sima Mangolwane (Seemah), Khanya Hlubi (Ghost Hlubi), Aya Langa, and others were allegedly paid up to <strong data-start=\"536\" data-end=\"553\">R100,000 each<\/strong> to encourage young South Africans to sign up.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"390\" data-end=\"601\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2161 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/genesisekucalenimedia.com\/edn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/South-Africa-flag.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1476\" height=\"2623\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"603\" data-end=\"631\">Influencers Under Fire<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"632\" data-end=\"884\">In July, Cyan Boujee travelled to Russia and appeared in a since-deleted campaign video endorsing the programme. The video showed her interacting with two young Ugandan women who claimed to be part of the initiative, seemingly lending it credibility.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"886\" data-end=\"1126\">However, social media users quickly flagged discrepancies. Job descriptions appeared vague, and Cyan\u2019s comments\u2014such as <em data-start=\"1006\" data-end=\"1050\">\u201capparently girls are treated fairly here\u201d<\/em>\u2014suggested she lacked sufficient knowledge or evidence to back her claims.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1128\" data-end=\"1158\">Concerns of Exploitation<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1159\" data-end=\"1425\">Reports have since emerged suggesting that the <em data-start=\"1206\" data-end=\"1221\">Alabuga Start<\/em> programme may be a cover for <strong data-start=\"1251\" data-end=\"1272\">human trafficking<\/strong>, with women allegedly being lured into working under questionable conditions at a drone manufacturing plant in Russia\u2019s Alabuga Special Economic Zone.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1427\" data-end=\"1452\">Authorities Step In<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1453\" data-end=\"1627\">South African authorities have launched an investigation, urging citizens\u2014especially youth\u2014to remain cautious of overseas job opportunities that appear too good to be true.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1629\" data-end=\"1842\">The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has further advised young people to verify opportunities through <strong data-start=\"1760\" data-end=\"1781\">official channels<\/strong> and to seek second opinions before making any commitments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A social media campaign has come under intense scrutiny after several South African influencers and TikTok personalities promoted&hellip;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,36,30],"tags":[46,39,73,50,66,80],"class_list":["post-2160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-africa","category-lifestyle","category-world","tag-africa","tag-entertainment","tag-eswatini","tag-international","tag-opinion","tag-south-africa","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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