Millions vulnerable to child labour: Unesco

According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation’s (Unesco) Education for All Global Monitoring Report, there are 218 million child labourers around the world.

It says three quarters of these children are under the age of 14 and they are involved in trafficking, debt bondage, slavery and prostitution.

In South Africa, child labour is estimated at 200 000. Enver Surty, the deputy education minister, says child labour in South Africa has decreased dramatically due to State intervention.