Concerns raised that orphaned KZN learners may be forced into child labour following floods

The KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Education, Kwazi Mshengu, says the recent floods have left many learners orphaned, which might force them into child labour. Mshengu was taking part in a panel discussion at the fifth Global Conference on the Eradication of Child Labour in Durban.

Mshengu believes that historical injustice is primarily to blame for South Africa’s child labour and lack of education. He claims that children working in agriculture are forced to work due to social disparities.

He says, however, that South Africa has made progress in keeping children in school, adding that statistics show that more than 90% of children in the country are now attending school.
Mshengu says historical injustice is mainly to blame for child labour and lack of education in South Africa. He says children working in the agriculture sector are being forced into labour because of social disparities.

However, he says South Africa has made strides in keeping children in school. Mshengu says statistics show that over 90% of children in the country are now going to school.

“Those children who go and do work in agricultural space they don’t do so in their own family subsistence farming. They are forced to go and work in farms, well-established farms, for cheap labour, that matters. So, we are not only dealing with child labour but we are dealing with a problem of cheap labour as a result of these historical injustices I’ve spoken about.

Source: IOL

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