This week on Workers on Wednesday we discuss the problem of sexual harassment at the workplace. Many women workers are regularly subjected to this unsavoury and oppressive form of behaviour by their male colleagues, especially those who are in higher positions to them. Because of high unemployment, many women are also forced into sexual relations with their employers in order to obtain and keep their jobs. How widespread is the problem of sexual harassment at the workplace and what can we do to eradicate it?

1. GUEST: Ms Patricia Appolis, National Gender Co-ordinator of the South African Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Union (SACCAWUGUEST: Ms Chriscy Blouws, Attorney from the Women's Legal Centre in Cape Town