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 […]
SAFM Interview: Where a child grows up shapes their future
On 21 July 2026, DGMT — with Change Ideas and the Hold My Hand campaign — hosted the inaugural Metro Lives public dialogue at the Homecoming Centre in District Six, Cape Town. Metro Lives was created to open up a public conversation about how South Africa’s cities and municipalities can build better lives for children, […]
SAFM Interview: More than a quarter of South African children are stunted. For many, it starts before birth
DGMT CEO Dr David Harrison spoke to Ashraf Garda on SAfm’s National Pulse about what poverty actually does to a child’s body and brain. About a thousand children die of severe acute malnutrition in South Africa every year, but Dr Harrison called that the tip of the iceberg. Beneath it sits chronic food insecurity — […]
People’s Post Article: Metro Lives – How Cape Town’s municipalities shape children’s futures
Where a child grows up shapes their access to education, safety, public services and opportunities. Consequently, local government is a powerful force in children’s lives. This was the focus of the first Metro Lives dialogue. The event was held at the District Six Museum’s Homecoming Centre on Tuesday 21 July. Government representatives, child-rights advocates and political leaders attended to […]
MEDIA STATEMENT: Where a child lives determines their life chances and we need to change that
Where a child grows up shapes their experience of childhood and chances in life so much so that those in the same city can have wildly different experiences of love, access to food, safety and opportunities for early learning. These children don’t get to vote in Local Government Elections, yet municipal decisions shape almost every […]
News24 Article: Cape Town’s inequalities remain rooted in apartheid-era spatial planning
Children growing up in Cape Town’s poorest communities are still paying the price for apartheid spatial planning more than three decades into democracy. This is according to GOOD party mayoral hopeful Brett Herron, who warned that unless municipalities put children at the centre of planning and investment decisions, another generation will inherit the same inequalities. […]
Daily Maverick Article: Missing link in urban development – Cape Town’s future depends on giving children a voice
What can municipalities do to create an environment in which children and families can thrive? Brett Herron, secretary-general of the Good party, argues that all levels of government need to prioritise first investment, services and infrastructure in communities that have the greatest need. In the City of Cape Town, the area in which a child […]