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Child Labor in Otavi (2010)

A child labor case from 2010 in Otavi, Namibia.

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Documented on the original SlaveryMap (2008–2016). We don’t have a verifiable source on file yet. Know one?

What happened

Iiyambo's wife laid a charge of domestic violence against him, through which the police discovered that the child living with him was not his child, but his labourer. The child has been removed.

Response and intervention

The police are investigating and trying to find the child's mother.