RSG Interview: Can a maternal grant stop stunting?
South Africa wants to put an end to child stunting and malnutrition, but experts say the fight has to start before a baby is born. Yet pregnant women living in poverty can only access a child grant once their baby has been born and registered. A coalition of organisations and researchers is now calling on […]
Moneyweb Interview: SA must not miss an opportunity to fund the Maternal Support Grant
South Africa has promised to end child stunting, but a pregnant woman living in poverty still gets no targeted support from the state until her baby is born. DGMT communications director Rahima Essop spoke to Moneyweb about the proposed Maternal Support Grant, which would cost about R2 billion a year and pay R560 a month […]
MEDIA STATEMENT: South Africa must not miss an opportunity to fund the Maternal Support Grant in the mission to end stunting
The upcoming Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) should allocate much-needed funds to pregnant women and their newborns as part of South Africa’s mission to end stunting. This ties directly to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s February State of the Nation Address commitment to end child stunting and malnutrition by prioritising nutrition in the first 1 000 days of […]