Food security
“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
Tafelsig feeding scheme battles red tape
Tafelsig CAN provides meals three times a day to hundreds of families in Mitchells Plain and Philippi
News | 18 November 2020
Survey reveals learners go hungry
Equal Education found learners in Limpopo who are not getting meals every day because they can’t afford to travel to school
News | 16 November 2020
Elsies River youth start garden to feed their community
The pair are set to start a larger garden in the area soon
By James Stent
Brief | 5 November 2020
How a rural KZN school keeps hunger away
“You find that the food they get at school is their only meal for the day”
News | 2 November 2020
School feeding: Auntie Dottie’s biryani is a hit with learners
But some learners are still not being fed in lockdown
Feature | 28 October 2020