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Category Archives: Food Security
Contractor withdraws from controversial R2,1 billion school feeding programme tender
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintKhethukuthula Xulu, The Witness, 28 April 2023 Following weeks of debate surrounding the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) and the failure of the supplier to provide food to schools in KwaZulu-Natal when the new term began, the contractor has abandoned … Continue reading
South Africa’s maize harvest seen 2.7% higher this year
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintSABC News, 26 April 2023 South African farmers are expected to harvest 2.7% more maize in the 2022/2023 season compared with the previous season, the government’s Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) said on Wednesday. Read More
Cost-of-living crisis: We cannot keep the lights on anymore
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintIna Opperman, The Citizen, 25 April 2023 The cost-of-living crisis is getting worse for South African consumers who said in a recent survey that they no longer believe that they can afford to keep the lights on in the same … Continue reading
KZN R2 billion school nutrition tender being probed
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintNonhlakanipho Magwaza, SABC News, 24 April 2023 The Basic Education Department says it will terminate the KwaZulu-Natal school nutrition programme tender should any irregularity be established in the awarding of the tender. Read More
Comment sought on new protection of agricultural land bill
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintKgaugelo Masweneng, Times Live, 22 April 2023 Agricultural land is under threat from mining, urbanisation and renewable energy projects, and legislation on land control prevents the government from fully protecting this crucial resource. Read More
Stage 8 load shedding, 800,000 jobs bloodbath likely to hit SA
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintTshidi Madia, Eyewitness News, 20 April 2023 The South African government is preparing for the worst this winter as South Africa will certainly experience Stage 8 load shedding. Read More
