The Ministry of Labour has disclosed that the country has about 2.1 million children in child labour.

“`Minister responsible, Vera Kamtukule and Vice President Saulos Chilima are in Durban, South Africa attending the fifth Global Conference on the Elimination of Child Labour.

The minister says the country can not pay a blind eye to child labour issues because they affect the social economic system.

Globally, 160 million Children are in child labour, 8.4 million of them have just been added between 2017 and 2022.“`