CRYING SHAME: Children go hungry while R336m for early childhood nutrition remains unspent

2026-03-20 - 13:00

In 2024, R197m was budgeted for the Department of Basic Education’s implementation of a pilot nutrition programme for early childhood development centres, going up to R336m the following financial year. However, stakeholders in the ECD sector report ‘little to nothing’ has been done with the money.