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Zakumi makers zapped

NEWSWATCH: The Chinese company that was contracted to produce the 2010 figurine, Zakumi, has been forced to cease work after FIFA's Global Brands Group withdrew its approval of the Chinese company, which, it seems, was paying its workers the equivalent of about R23 a day, reports Times Live.

9 Mar 2010

Zakumi makers zapped

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Times Live: Sweatshop reports stop mascot production… Shanghai Fashion Plastic Products & Gifts apparently paid its workers on the Zakumi project about R23 a day, and also forced teenagers to work 13-hour shifts to make the figurines.

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