Hawkers booted out of local school
For years, schools in Ikageng have allowed hawkers to sell food to learners inside school premises, but one primary school has decided to bar them.
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school nutrition
Why it’s important to know what’s in your food
Healthy Living Alliance (HEALA) teaches learners in Soweto and Tembisa about understanding more about the food they eat, writes Pamela Mkhize.
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School food declared safe but probe into pupils’ deaths continues
After two Mpumalanga pupils died of suspected food poisoning last month the school nutrition programme in the province has been declared safe, but some parents are not satisfied.
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From the farm to the table
An organic farmer has started a farming movement in Soweto townships that support 5 000 children from 12 schools, 80 pensioners and other people from the community.
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Chef cooks up recipe for healthy tuck shop
Mother and chef health guru Labani Mgimeti has taken it upon herself to revolutionise a school tuck shop from a den of sodas and junk food to a haven of health food.
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Tormented by peers, children choose to go hungry
Children, especially in rural areas, are turning away from school feeding schemes because they fear being judged for being poor by their fellow learners, despite being hungry. HEALTH-E NEWS spoke to learners and experts about the stigma of hunger and its effect on children's health and education.
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Children face hunger as thieves target school feeding programmes
In the past few weeks Gauteng schools have been rocked by robberies with thieves targeting computers and food meant for the school nutrition programme.
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Some tuckshops continue to sell polony ‘kotas’
Despite the deadly listeriosis outbreak, tuck shops close to schools in Duduza are still serving school children ‘kotas’ with processed meat.
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