MALNUTRITION CRISIS Maternal grant is key to reducing South Africa’s child stunting, say activists 5 min 1 By Zukiswa Pikoli
CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH 31 OCTOBER-4 NOVEMBER This week – African Investigative Journalism Conference, public sector workers demonstration and talk on ethical conduct in SA public schools 7 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
SPOTLIGHT IN-DEPTH What’s behind the increase in malnutrition deaths among Free State infants? 9 min 0 By Refilwe Mochoari
NURTURING THE FUTURE ‘We can do better by our children,’ symposium on child wellbeing told 3 min 0 By Zukiswa Pikoli
MALNUTRITION Children’s rights to nutrition must be put at the centre of food systems, conference is told 3 min 0 By Zukiswa Pikoli
MALNUTRITION OP-ED Stop the stunting — it takes a village to help mothers and children to flourish 3 min 0 By Ruth Mathys
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT Bigger budgets, quality services needed for South African children to ‘thrive by five’ 4 min 1 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
FOOD JUSTICE OP-ED A child support grant for pregnant women would help prevent stunting in our future generations 4 min 1 By Ofentse Mboweni Ofentse Mboweni
Spotlight nutrition deficit Report highlights extent and causes of child stunting in rural Eastern Cape 9 min 0 By Luvuyo Mehlwana for Spotlight
CHILD NUTRITION OP-ED Let the children grow: Fixing South Africa’s stunting problem could be part of your legacy, Minister Godongwana 3 min 0 By Ofentse Mboweni Ofentse Mboweni
OP-ED: NATIONAL NUTRITION WEEK Poor nutrition is a weak foundation for a nation with big dreams 2 min 0 By Kopano Matlwa Mabaso
OP-ED Stunted growth: Prioritise investment in nutrition, or risk robbing Africa of its future 4 min 0 By Goutham Kandru and Desta Lakew
Maverick Citizen Covid-19 pandemic the most dramatic setback to global sustainable development ‘in at least a generation’ 9 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
Maverick Citizen Op-Ed As we hit day six of violent protests, spare a thought for our children 2 min 0 By Kopano Matlwa Mabaso
GROUNDUP Quarter of Worcester’s children are stunted due to poor nutrition and poverty, study shows 2 min 3 By Marecia Damons
RIGHT TO SUFFICIENT FOOD Teach them while young: A healthy diet yields an extended life expectancy 3 min 0 By Michelle Banda
OP-ED No food, no learning: It’s time to stop stunting the potential of our youngest children 3 min 0 By Lizette Berry, Lori Lake and Camilla Thorogood
CHILD GAUGE REPORT Fast-food advertising is a threat to children’s right to health, says report 3 min 1 By Sandisiwe Shoba
Maverick Citizen Malnutrition hurts millions of South Africa’s children just as it did 20 years ago 6 min 0 By Christi Nortier
Maverick Citizen op-ed Malnutrition is not a curse. It is a condition waiting to be vanquished 3 min 0 By Lawrence Haddad
MAVERICK CITIZEN OP-ED South Africa’s children are too short and too fat, going against the global trend 4 min 0 By Chantell Witten and Salome Kruger
