National School Nutrition Programme Archives

Submissions

SUBMISSION TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ON POLITICS, POWER, AND THE RIGHT TO FOOD: A NATIONAL INQUIRY INTO THE FOOD SYSTEMS OF SOUTH AFRICA

The right to food is guaranteed in several international and regional instruments and in South Africa’s domestic law. Whilst South African jurisprudence on the right to food is limited, the legal protection of the right has become increasingly significant as food insecurity worsens. South African children face a triple burden Continue Reading

By Hloni, 6 months6 months ago

S27 in the Media

Politics of Food – News24

On World Food Day, Equal Education and SECTION27 reflect on what the National School Nutrition Programme – and civil society activism – has meant for learners’ right to food over the past 2 years.

By Section27, 4 years3 years ago

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July 2021 court order – revised plans for NSNP

21 July 2021 Joint media statement: Hope in the fight against child hunger, as court orders government to rethink its plans to ensure that all learners get school meals during the COVID-19 pandemic! “I am happy about this court order because it helps those learners who depend on school meals Continue Reading

By Section27, 5 years ago

Media Statements

Joint Statement: return to court for NSNP – July 2021

With our partners, we return to court for school meals for learners that education departments have left behind during COVID-19. #SchoolMealsNow!

By Section27, 5 years ago

Media Statements

Education departments slacking on court-ordered reporting on NSNP, while 1.5 million learners are still not receiving meals

Over 1.5 million learners are still not provided with National School Nutrition Programme meals, with some education departments failing to report on rollout.

By Section27, 5 years ago

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Minister Motshekga, don’t let child hunger continue in 2021!

27 January 2021 Joint media statement: Minister Motshekga, don’t let child hunger continue! Honour the spirit of the court judgment and provide meals to learners from today! #SchoolMealsNow #9MillionMeals #FamiliesNeedNSNP Equal Education (EE), Equal Education Law Centre (EELC), and SECTION27 are bitterly disappointed and angry that the Department of Basic Continue Reading

By Section27, 6 years ago

News

Joint statement on fifth NSNP progress reports

3 November 2020 Joint media statement: New Equaliser survey shows there are still problems with getting food to learners who are at home on some days, but DBE promises school meals to learners who are at home if there is a second wave of COVID-19 infections Equal Education (EE), Equal Continue Reading

By Section27, 6 years ago

News

Survey of Equalisers shows that most learners who are only in classrooms on certain days are not getting food for when they are at home

Joint statement: Survey of Equalisers shows that most learners who are only in classrooms on certain days are not getting food for when they are at home DBE reports show that nearly two million learners are still not receiving school meals Equal Education (EE), Equal Education Law Centre (EELC) and Continue Reading

By Section27, 6 years ago

Media Statements

Joint statement: As the rollout of school meals continues to improve, education departments must ensure that learners who are only back in classrooms on certain days, or learners who have permission to stay home, are still able to get food

8 September 2020 Joint statement: As the rollout of school meals continues to improve, education departments must ensure that learners who are only back in classrooms on certain days, or learners who have permission to stay home, are still able to get food With learners in all grades now back Continue Reading

By Section27, 6 years ago

News

Joint statement: Some improvements NSNP reporting

19 August 2020 Joint statement: Some improvements in food distribution but latest National School Nutrition Programme report still lacks critical details and fails to fix obstacles to collecting meals and parcels SECTION27 and Equal Education Law Centre (EELC), representing Equal Education (EE) and the governing bodies of two Limpopo schools, Continue Reading

By Section27, 6 years ago

News

Latest National School Nutrition Programme ‘Consolidated report’ from DBE and provincial education departments

Latest NSNP ‘consolidated report’ from Department of Basic Education and Provincial Education Departments On 7 August 2020, the Department of Basic Education and Provincial Education Departments submitted the latest court-ordered plan on the resumption of the National School Nutrition Programme to all 9 million eligible learners. You can read their Continue Reading

By Section27, 6 years ago

Media Statements

Joint media statement: Education MECs file school nutrition programme rollout plans that are full of holes, as we write to Minister Motshekga to fix hers

5 August 2020 Joint media statement: Education MECs file school nutrition programme rollout plans that are full of holes, as we write to Minister Motshekga to fix hers As part of the very important work of monitoring whether the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) is being properly rolled out, we Continue Reading

By Section27, 6 years ago

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