Equal Education goes back to court to force government to feed hungry school children

Minister Motshekga and eight provincial education MECs in contempt of court, says NGO By Tania Broughton Millions of children depend on the national school feeding scheme for a daily meal, but a significant number of them are not getting fed. Last year, the court ordered the education authorities to develop practical plans to rectify this situation and to report back to...

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Webinar | Addressing child hunger and food insecurity: the National School Nutrition Programme and beyond

Despite the success of recent litigation to ensure the right to basic nutrition for learners around South Africa through the resumption of the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP), serious obstacles remain to ensuring food security and combating hunger across the country. And while the NSNP case was a significant victory for the rights of learners to basic nutrition, child hunger...

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