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We must all prioritise food security
7 May 2021
The National School Nutrition Programme is South Africa’s second-largest social development assistance scheme after social grants. It is complemented by the provision of breakfasts at 101 public schools of the lower three quintiles by the Tiger Brands Foundation (TBF) and its partners. The Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown closed schools, which seriously affected the food security of the country’s schoolchildren
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The UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of the early 2000s preceded the much-expanded Sustainable Development Goals of today. South Africa was widely hailed for meeting, ahead of a 2015 target, its primary MDG target of eradicating extreme poverty and hunger.
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South Africans have come together to raise more than R1.5-million for physician and radio personality Dr Sindi van Zyl who has been battling Covid-19-related complications in hospital for weeks.
Last week, her husband, Marinus van Zyl, took to social media where he made an impassioned plea for help to pay her medical bills.
Writing on the Quicket crowdfunding platform, he said: The cost to the family of the hospital alone has already exceeded one million rand, and we are running out of funds. Dr Sindi cannot breathe on her own yet, and the cost of needing to be on the ventilator alone is around R150 000 per week.