Western Cape stunting-prevention pilot reaches over two thousand women, with more to come before end of 2026
A pilot programme tackling stunting in parts of the Western Cape has enrolled over 2 200 women since it began in August 2025. Khulisa Care — “to grow” in isiXhosa — gives underweight and at-risk pregnant women, and mothers of low-birth-weight babies, monthly nutrition support from Shoprite, alongside targeted primary healthcare from trained community health […]
Metro Lives: What can municipalities do for children?
Children don’t vote — but local government decisions shape their lives every day. Whether a child has a safe place to play, a park worth walking through, clean water, a registered early learning programme nearby, or a neighbourhood with more libraries than liquor outlets: these are municipal choices. Metro Lives is a series of public […]
News24 Article: ‘I don’t trust any of you’. Joburg’s youth aren’t buying the politics
A hush fell over the conference centre as a teenager rebuked a panel of politicians and civil society leaders who had gathered to debate how to put young people at the centre of urban renewal in Johannesburg. Hope Ramalobela, 18, a student leader from Kensington Secondary School in Johannesburg East, stood up on Monday night […]
Daily Maverick Article: Metro Lives panel explores why Johannesburg’s renewal will fail without its young people
If Johannesburg is to rebuild itself, its young people cannot remain on the sidelines. The city’s renewal depends on treating them not as beneficiaries, but as co-authors of its future, said Matshidiso Lencoasa, a budget analyst at SECTION27. “Johannesburg has these problems, but we also have ideas, we also have solutions. We just need to […]
Daily Maverick Article: Presidency fast-tracks strategy to end child stunting by 2030
In a race against the clock to eradicate childhood stunting by 2030, the Presidency has kick-started an interdepartmental task team that anti-hunger advocates hope will break down silos of fragmented operations in the government. South Africa has one of the highest stunting rates in the world, which the task team puts at 28.8% for children […]
Media Statement: #WasteNot competition sheds light on the link between environmental health and child health
A new national competition is drawing much-needed public awareness to how the environments children grow up in shape their health and development. #WasteNot encourages the public to get creative about reducing, reusing and recycling. It’s a collaboration between Create Change — an initiative of the DG Murray Trust (DGMT) and Hold My Hand — a […]
People’s Post Article: Dialogue delves in children’s lives
Where a child grows up shapes their access to education, safety, public services and opportunities, making local government a powerful force in children’s lives. This was the focus of the first Metro Lives dialogue, held at the Homecoming Centre in District Six on Tuesday 21 July, where government representatives, child rights advocates and political leaders […]
DGMT supports the National Strategy to Accelerate Action for Children
DGMT’s strategy for helping South Africa escape the inequality trap is built around the same priorities set out in the National Strategy to Accelerate Action for Children (NSAAC) and we are working to weave them into everything we do. Escaping the inequality trap involves changing a child’s life trajectory. A child who is nurtured, eats […]
The mission to end stunting
The Learning Lunch podcast explores ideas, approaches and social innovations – creating opportunity for non-profit organisations’ teams to discover what others are learning and space to reflect on what these insights might mean for their own strategy and programme implementation. Download takeaway instructions Stunting is more than a height problem — it’s a sign that […]
Daily Maverick Article: How cheap junk food and a R560 grant are fuelling stunting and child obesity
Obesity and overweight rates in young children have almost doubled since 2016 in South Africa. In his State of the Nation Address this year, President Cyril Ramaphosa vowed to eradicate child stunting by 2030 when he said “This year, we will embark on a mission to end child stunting by 2030 and tackle malnutrition among […]