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Child Labour In South Africa | SA News

Rabia Mayet | rabiamayet@radioislam.co.za

08 July 2025

3-minute read

Tied to economic desperation and adult unemployment, and despite legal bans, child labour continues to persist in South Africa.

Delving into data from Stat SA’s Youth Activity Surveys, Professor Derrick Hugh from the University of the Western Cape has uncovered some uncomfortable truths about how poverty works.

While child labour is under-researched, under-analysed and not fully documented in the country, the available stats show that child labour has dropped considerably. However, one major drawback of the survey is that there are “no questions asked on the income earned by the child labourer.”

Professor Hughes…

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