Child Labour

We are proud of how far Cosatu has come since it was launched 40 years ago in Durban and the role it has played in ending apartheid, securing our constitutional democracy,…

He fought tooth and nail so that the transatlantic slave trade should not repeat itself anywhere, where our people faced brutal conditions and many lost their lives

About 50% of the continent’s children have experienced violence – emotional, sexual, physical and the added dangers of war

In many cases, the digital economy presents a perceived lifeline for families who are struggling to make ends meet

Tanzania is banking on its natural resources during the global transition to clean energy, but analysts warn there are dangers ahead

The African country is the third least developed in the world, forcing parents having to send their children to work

Palm oil contributes to deforestation, biodiversity loss, peatland destruction and climate change, and the biofuel is more polluting than fossil-based diesel

More than 17-million children around the world are involved in domestic labour. The recent death of 17-year-old Salome Zacharia in Tanzania highlights their plight

At the current rate of progress, it will take more than 200 years to achieve gender equality and female empowerment at work

Child labour and other rights abuses on Zimbabwe’s tobacco farms

Across Africa, from Mali to Tanzania to Zimbabwe, millions of people, including children, work in dangerous gold mines.

Chinese vendors have been selling videos of African children advertising products and sending messages amid criticisms of child exploitation

Human Rights Watch has released a shocking report alleging that unlicensed mines in Ghana are profiting heavily from child labour.

The Eritrean government may have committed crimes against humanity and was responsible for systematic human rights abuses, cites a UN report.

The Department of Labour is investigating allegations of child labour on a farm in the Hex Valley, outside De Doorns.