SA’s firefighters in Canada get pay raise after ‘slave labour’ concerns

Fearing they would be seen as “slave labour”‚ Canadian officials are jacking up the salaries of South African firefighters who are in Alberta to battle a wildfire‚ the Globe and Mail reported. Earlier this week‚ The Times reported that the firefighters‚ including about 60 women‚ from the Department of Environmental Affairs' Working on Fire programme‚ flew out from ORT International Airport to fight a blaze that now covers more than 560 000 hectares.