Daily Maverick Article: Western Cape to tackle ‘shocking’ stunting stats in ‘targeted’ nutrition scheme for moms, babies
In 2022/23, about 1,000 children lost their lives to preventable acute malnutrition and 15,000 had to be admitted to hospital due to severe acute malnutrition in South Africa. To address the issue, the Western Cape Health and Wellness Department, in partnership with DG Murray Trust and Department of the Premier, will launch a pilot programme later in 2025 in […]
Op-ed: Ignoring child nutrition in South Africa can’t be the next big mistake
President Cyril Ramaphosa regrets that early childhood development (ECD) was not prioritised from the advent of democracy. At the Bana Pele Leadership Summit last month, he turned to Minister of Basic Education Siviwe Gwarube and said: “I’m the first in government to admit that we have made a mistake. We should have started with early childhood development […]
Op-ed: Peer-to-peer learning in early childhood development is a winning strategy
On a quiet Saturday morning, deep in the rolling green hills of the Wild Coast, a gathering of dedicated early childhood development (ECD) practitioners took place. Despite it being a weekend, 30 women and four men arrived to participate in a “community of practice” (CoP). Think of a CoP as a group of people who […]