Pretoria News reports that approximately 300 young people have been crammed inside a house at Wonderpark in Pretoria after being scammed by a man claiming to be in the SA National Defence Force (SANDF).  

The man, known as "General", recruited young people from all across the country promising them that, for a fee, they would be absorbed into the SANDF.  According to some of the people who have been at the house for more than five months, the living conditions have been horrible.  "We have been paying a monthly fee for food and accommodation.  But we are living in squalor.  Both boys and girls share rooms and accommodation," said one of the scammed recruits.  The Military Police and the Gauteng Provincial Government confirmed they were investigating a case of suspected "human trafficking".  The Department of Social Development on Tuesday dispatched a team of social workers to the scene to assist with food and transportation of all victims back to their homes.

• Read this report by Sakhile Ndlazi in full at Pretoria News
• Read too, Army jobs scam cons hundreds, at The New Age
• And also, SANDF condemns alleged jobs-for-money scam, at TimesLive

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