[1] This involved cases of child prostitution as well as voluntary and forced agricultural labour, cattle herding and vending.
Namibia signed the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child in 1999, but has not ratified it as yet.
A 2013 Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report indicates that particularly in livestock herding, child labour is prevalent in Namibia, and children work from a very young age, although the extent of the work varies per child.
Additional hazards that arise from children herding animals are "disrupted physical, mental, moral and social development", the danger of being bitten, extreme weather conditions, and the infection with animal-borne diseases.
[3] Between 2006 and 2008 the country has been in the process of formulating the Action Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour in Namibia, which was nationally endorsed in February 2008.