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Lesotho tackles child labour
It becomes the 5th Southern African country to finalise a national action plan on child labour
TECL II taking shape
Update on the drafting of the project document for TECL II, to be run in Botswana, Namibia and SA.
Gem slaves
Video on children who risk their lives mining gems - for barely a meal a day.
World Day Against Child Labour
SA sets itself some tough targets to help one million child labourers.
Yes, we exploit children!
Vote for child labourer of the month - Consumers support child labour.
Children’s Act is hub on child labour
The new CA is the hub around which the South African Child Labour Programme of Action now turns.
Child grant now easier to get
Applicants in South Africa without IDs can now receive social grants.
Fair trade and child labour
Most major retail firms are cutting costs and not considering the consequences – what can be done?
TECL II: Namibia, Botswana
Stakeholders help plan 2nd phase activities of TECL, and endorse national action plan on child labour.
Tackle child labour better, 2008
Enroll in an international course: child labour and education, or worst forms of child labour in agriculture.
Prostitution of children in SA
View a video on commercial sexual exploitation of children in South Africa, as shown on Special Assignment.
Decent work country programme
NEDLAC discussions: Child labour could be considered a priority in SA
Education and child labour
New publication on the best ways to fight child labour through education.
Swazi child labour plan
Representatives of govt and others endorsed this national action plan.
New child grant court case
ACESS case: officials should accept documents other than a birth certificate as proof of a child's identify
Polokwane moves on poverty
ANC conference calls for extension of child support grants and free education.
Child grant to be extended?
A court case is launched for the extension of the child support grant to children up to age 18.
Botswana child labour plan
Ground gained as Botswana stakeholders endorse national plan
Namibian plan endorsed
Conference endorses national plan to end child labour (30 Jan 08)
SCREAM in Kokstad
Workshop to develop the power to tackle child labour in the educational pilot project in KwaZulu-Natal.
Children's Bill to help stop WFCL
SA National Assembly adopted Children's Bill on 6 Nov: helping to end the worst forms of child labour (WFCL)
Children's Bill nearing completion
SA Portfolio committee passing Bill – lauded as African Renaissance for children’s social services.
IOM newsletter on trafficking
It explains child trafficking provisions in the Children's Act, the trafficking law in Mozambique, and much more.
Death of 17 yr-old farm labourer
Court finds safety measures were in place, and farmer not guilty – AgriSA.
Rescue children from scavening
A strategy to address the situation of children scavenging on waste dumps.
Education for All & child labour
The latest newsletter of the Global Task force on the above focus area!
Household chores can be fun
Comment on this opinion piece!
World Teachers’ Day 2007
5Oct: Teacher shortages in education:; how to achieve quality education for all
Focus on employer's sentence
Summit TV (Channel 292) interviews TECL on child labour sentence.
TECL projects in Success Africa II
Projects on CUBAC and water delivery are featured in a new publication on good practices in Africa.
Employer sentenced for child labour
TECL & trade union Solidarity applaud sentencing and govt steps to assist child labourer concerned.
IDs hamper access (SA)
Special Assignment highlighted problems the very poor face to get child support grants, linked to identify documents (IDs).
TECL progress in SA
Progress reports and documents tabled at the SA Implementation Committee on 27 Sept.
Tackle child labour better
Enroll in an international course: child labour and education or, for officials of departments responsible for labour: how to report on conventions.
Human trafficking week in SA
International agencies forge a common front against human trafficking in SADC. Read media release and other docs!
IC meeting postponed to 27 Sept
See the TECL documents for the Implementation Committee (SA) meeting here.
Mainstreaming child labour
A regional workshop is planned for 13 September, to distill good practices in mainstreaming child labour issues in the SACU region.
Botswana’s child labour action plan within reach
The end is in sight for the team that has driven a three-year process to develop Botswana’s national action plan on child labour: a comprehensive document will be on the table for final consideration in about two months’ time.
Similarities in commercial and subsistence agriculture
An HSRC research report, commissioned by TECL as part of the CLPA in South Africa, found that, if the law were strictly enforced in the absence of more effective poverty alleviation, children working in agriculture and their families would sink more deeply into deprivation.
Phase 2 of the South African national plan available
The 2nd phase of Child Labour Programme of Action is close to completion.
SA depts support TECL extension
The Deputy Directors General (DDGs) of key South African departments indicate support for the exit process of TECL, including extension to 2008.