Food security
No vegetables, no fruit: surviving without the Covid-19 grant
Nocawa Maneli of Gqeberha lives off pap and rice supplied by relatives
News | 9 June 2021
A quarter of Worcester’s children are stunted
Mothers who completed high school are much less likely to have stunted children
News | 19 May 2021
Researchers call for full reopening of schools after report shows more than half of children miss meals
The total lost days of meals could be as high as 133 out of 211 school days
News | 13 May 2021
50% of learners don’t get meals when they’re not at school, says Equal Education
Some schools in Gauteng and the North West are struggling to feed learners who are unable to get to school
News | 28 April 2021
Equal Education demands audit of school feeding programmes in Limpopo
Activists say there are still learners in Mashashane, Polokwane not getting meals when they’re not at school
News | 23 March 2021
“The slow violence of malnutrition”
One in four children under five is undernourished and one in eight is overweight or obese, say researchers
By Tariro Washinyira and Elsabé Brits
News | 18 February 2021
Community gardeners dig in against attempts to evict them
New Khayelitsha vegetable garden is on land set aside for a provincial housing project
By Vincent Lali
News | 18 February 2021
Some schools still not feeding learners
The national feeding scheme was meant to recommence on 27 January
By Mary-Anne Gontsana and Bernard Chiguvare
News | 9 February 2021
This school goes the extra mile to feed its learners
”With the food I get from school I manage to eat during the day”
News | 4 February 2021