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Failure of school feeding schemes is unacceptable

child malnutrition causes stunting

Children at schools in KwaZulu-Natal reportedly went hungry because the assigned supplier failed to deliver meals to the designated schools as per the contract.

Provincial experts described this as a mishap, and said the tender was inappropriately awarded and mishandled. It was then revealed that the KwaZulu- Natal Department of Education had awarded the entire province’s school feeding scheme to a single supplier, which many believe is the reason for meals not being delivered on some days.

Children from

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