Food security
Nearly two million learners still not receiving meals at school
Education department is expected to submit a detailed plan to court this week
News | 13 October 2020
Hungry children go hunting to get food
Without daily school meals, children do odd jobs or hunt pigeons and rabbits to get lunch
News | 16 September 2020
Some Eastern Cape learners are not getting their full school meals
Some meals only contain samp
News | 9 September 2020
Over five million children are not getting their school meals
Department of Basic Education says situation will improve with schools returning
Brief | 7 September 2020
These learners are not getting school meals because transport to school costs too much
School in Limpopo says at least 40 of its learners need scholar transport to collect meals
News | 2 September 2020
Priest helps struggling Malawians with food parcels
Destitute immigrants receive no help from government and can’t afford to return home
Brief | 31 August 2020
Alexandra gogo feeds families that “fell through the cracks” during lockdown
Sylvia Mvumvu makes food packages at her home
By Zoë Postman
News | 28 August 2020
Unemployed Uitenhage men are making food gardening “fashionable” again
Food garden developed during the Covid-19 lockdown is showing results
Brief | 28 August 2020
Protesters accuse councillor of distributing food parcels to friends
“They can come to my office, but going to my house and insulting my family is wrong,” says Bongile Ngcani
Brief | 11 August 2020