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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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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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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