Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Programming note: Chocolate's Child Slaves documentary on CNN International on 20 January to expose ongoing cocoa child labour.
The excellent CNN International correspondent David McKenzie has been working on a special documentarry for the CNN Freedom Project and viewers will be able to see Chocolate's Child Slaves on CNN International (DStv 401) on Friday 20 January at 21:00 (South African time).
A decade after promising to end the child labour in the cocoa plantations in West Africa, David McKenzie investigates. His shocking investigation takes him deep into the heart of the Ivory Coast, the world’s largest cocoa producer, to find out what progress has been made.
CNN International discovers an industry in which very little has changed. Chocolate's Child Slaves uncovers a human trafficking network and farmers using child labour.
Chocolate's Child Slaves will be repeated on Saturday 21 January (15:00), 22 January (03:00, 08:30, 11:30, 22:30), 24 January (05:00, 11:30, 18:30).