Kids News Network

The KNN journalists are Metrix Chipeta, Z Kids News (MUVI TV), Zambia; Mwaka Nakweti, Z Kids News (MUVI TV), Zambia; Helio Manhica, Telejunior (STV), Mozambique; and Marcelino Cuna, Telejunior (STV), Mozambique.

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Kids News Network: Working Children

In sub-Saharan Africa, it is estimated that around one in three children, representing 69 million children, is engaged in child labor. But sometimes children work alongside their parents in the family business to earn a living.

By Kids News Network - 18 June 2010 - Video

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Kids News Network: Soccer School Day

Over the last three months, the students at Laerskool Anton van Wouw School in Pretoria, South Africa had many lessons about the World Cup. They changed the whole school into yellow and green colors of the Bafana Bafana.

By Kids News Network - 17 June 2010 - Video

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Kids News Network: Vuvuzelas give power to Bafana Bafana

How do you blow the vuvuzela? What are its origins? Children of the townships Soweto and Mamelodi explain everything about the secret weapon that African children use to support their team.

By Kids News Network - 16 June 2010 - Video

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KNN Dream Team visits Apartheid Museum

After two long but exciting weeks of work, the KNN Dream Team took a day off to visit the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg.

By Kids News Network - 16 June 2010 - Latest news

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Kids News Network: Young Bafana Bafana supporters welcome their national team

Armed with ear breaking, noisy vuvuzelas, thousands of kids welcomed the players of the South African team in Sandton, Johannesburg. They all have no doubt that Bafana Bafana will make it.

By Kids News Network - 15 June 2010 - Video

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Kids News Network: Ticket prices World Cup too high for many children

Twelve-year-old Mtkozo is from Soweto. He cannot visit any matches because the prices are too high. It makes him sad, but he keeps on dreaming about playing as a professional player in the stadium.

By Kids News Network - 14 June 2010 - Video

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The Kids News Dream Team covers children’s stories around the World Cup

Four TV journalists from the Kids News Network (KNN) are covering the events around the FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

By Kids News Network - 14 June 2010 - Latest news

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Kids News Network: Children’s expectations for the World Cup

A look at how the children in the neighborhood of Soccer City stadium of Johannesburg look forward to the matches and what advice they give to the Bafana Bafana coach and players.

By Kids News Network - 11 June 2010 - Video