A Current Affair followed Labor animal (6)
I believe the answer is:
alpaca
'animal' is the definition.
(South American animal)
'a current affair followed labor' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' is found in the answer.
'current' could be 'ac' (alternating current) and 'ac' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for alpaca that I've seen before include "S American mammal related to the llama" , "Wool of S American lama" , "Llama-like creature" , "Silky cloth" , "(Woollen cloth from) relative of llama" .)