Latest articles on School Feeding Schemes

Pairing learning with food is a winning recipe

Article Dr Alison Misselhorn - 2 Aug 2019

Much more support of homemade nutrition programmes is needed to ensure gaps are filled

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At least 50 000 children go hungry in KwaZulu-Natal

Article Phillip De Wet - 24 Jul 2017

In a small number of cases principals reported that providers had contacted them to say there would be no food on Monday, but none could explain why.

KZN school lunches may be off menu

Article Phillip De Wet - 21 Jul 2017

Scholars may go hungry next week amid confusion over the companies hired to feed them

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Learning on an empty stomach: food insecurity hits students hard

Article Caroline Vakil - 5 May 2017

Religious and nonprofit groups play an important role in providing food to students, but sometimes this is not enough.

Basic education department can’t afford breakfast

Article Staff Reporter - 4 Apr 2017

It is exploring the idea of asking more food manufacturers to provide poor learners with a morning meal.

Inspectors unearth rat infestation at Gauteng school following poisoning

Article Nelisiwe Msomi - 22 Feb 2017

Poor handling practices as well as storage, cooking equipment and fridges - and rats - increase the risk of food poisoning.

Education must become a social concern

Article Clive W Kronenberg - 16 Mar 2016

A replication of our social system, education must become a social concern. Simple things like music and reading will change children’s lives.

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School feeding schemes help to grow young minds

Article Staff Reporter - 7 Mar 2016

Studies show that feeding programmes at schools not only reduce stunting, but also combat obesity and lead to increased enrolment in schools.

Pupils Speak Out: It’s not only pupils at no-fee schools that need feeding schemes

Article Staff Reporter - 26 Nov 2014

Government intervention is necessary to ensure that all children do not study on hungry stomachs because they are tired and drained.

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No meals are ‘serious setback’ for hungry pupils

Article Staff Reporter - 14 Nov 2013

Meals are back in 11 Limpopo schools after legal action, but the lost teaching time worries principals.

Limpopo pupils go hungry for two months

Article Staff Reporter - 11 Nov 2013

Despite government's national school feeding scheme, pupils at Tshinavhe Secondary School have been left hungry, says rights organisation Section27.

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Fearful Indian school children refuse free meals after deaths

Article Sapa Afp - 18 Jul 2013

School children have been dumping the meals they get as part of a school feeding scheme in fear of poisoning after 22 children died on Tuesday.

Limpopo tenders: The feast kept in the family

Article Staff Reporter - 2 Nov 2012

School food contracts awarded to an official's relatives in Limpopo could amount to more than R35-million, writes Rapula Moatshe and Lionel Faull.

Delivery of food a hit-and-miss affair

Article Staff Reporter - 26 Oct 2012

Bakenberg North is one of six circuits in Limpopo that the M&G visited to see how the national school nutrition programme was serving schools.

Feeding healthy habits

Article Thabo Mohlala - 12 Dec 2011

A day of fun during the National Nutritional Week helped kids in Limpopo learn about the benefits of good nutrition.

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