The boys, aged between 13 and 17, were rescued from the factory by the police and officials from the Department of Labour and Employment. (Darren Stewart/Gallo Images)
Eight Mozambican child labourers rescued from a Chinese factory where they worked in Nigel are being repatriated.
The boys, aged between 13 and 17, were rescued from the factory by the police and officials from the Department of Labour and Employment, which conducted a raid on the factory in January this year.
They were later sheltered at the Mary Moodley Child and Youth Care Centre in Benoni, which is owned by the Gauteng Department of Social Development.
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