CRYING SHAME: Children go hungry while R336-million for early childhood nutrition remains unspent

2026-03-19 - 17:30

In 2024, R197-million was budgeted for the Department of Basic Education’s implementation of a pilot nutrition programme for early childhood development centres, going up to R336-million the following financial year. However, stakeholders in the ECD sector report ‘little to nothing’ has been done with the money.