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Illovo Sugar, which is owned by Associated British Foods (Ryvita, Patak’s, Primark) is the biggest sugar producer in Africa and among the six southern Africa countries in which Illovo operates, Malawi generates the highest profits. However, gains from increased sugar exports to Europe and other African markets have brought few benefits for low-grade workers at Illovo Malawi. Things are particularly bad for those who do the backbreaking job of sugarcane cutting – most of whom are employed as seasonal or casual workers. Less than fifty percent of Illovo Malawi’s 10,000-strong total workforce are outsourced workers – they are not covered by health care and guaranteed wages. The reportage, by Luca Catalano Gonzaga, shows a series of portraits of these workers.
Witness Image is a non profit organization founded by Luca Catalano Gonzaga, which combines photography and journalism.
Its’ purpose is to narrate the great transformations of our time through a number of projects.
Witness Image aims to document the world disorder of our day through images and their stories such as: the causes and consequences of the war, child abuse, hunger, poverty, injustices, natural and environmental disasters.
Witness Image wants to build a reflection on the right of people to remain themselves in this era of great political and socio-cultural changes.
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