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Child Labour issues on the spotlight in KZN


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More than 160-million children are labourers and over 106 million of that figure are children out of school. This is according to the International Labour Organisation  (ILO). ILO says the number of children in child labour increased by 8.4 million children in the last four years. Now, The 5th Global Conference on the elimination of Child Labour takes place for the first time on the African continent, in Durban,Kwa Zulu Natal from TODAY until Friday.The conference organised by the (ILO) and United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) aims to  push for accelerated action towards elimination of child labour.. President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to open the conference.We spoke to Redha Ameur, Regional Specialist with the  International Labour Organisation, based in Pretoria...

 

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