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Child mortality rates remain unacceptably high. Poverty and inequality continue to shape life chances before a child is even born. (Photo: Supplied)

Malnutrition could undo all the work of saving young lives

Reducing child mortality is possible. What remains is the courage to scale what works and to sustain it. If we are serious about ending child stunting by 2030, then we must act accordingly

The G20 is a forum of the largest economies in the world who meet regularly to discuss the most pressing issues facing the global economy. (Photo: Brenton Geach/Gallo Images/Getty Image)

Africa’s G20 moment: A moral call for justice and global solidarity

Hunger, exclusion from education and Africa’s debt is more than policy failure, inequality and poor planning, it is the theft of dignity, potential and oppression

We need to rebuild the idea of the public

South Africa is in crisis and the intra-elite battles about how to move forward do not offer any viable path towards a just way resolution

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Meals at early childhood development centres can help meet basic nutritional needs

But these ECD centres, which often provide children with their only meal for the day, need additional financial and other support to ensure the food is nutritious

Children who are too short for their age are likely to reach less than half of their full potential, if they are lucky.

Addressing the double burden of malnutrition in South Africa during Mandela Month

Interventions such as immediate food relief and raising awareness are needed to address undernutrition and obesity

Farmer Takesure Chimbu combs through dry stover, salvaged from a failed maize crop which he hopes to save and feed to his livestock, which will have minimal pastures this year because of the El-Nino induced drought, in Mudzi on July 2, 2024. (NJIKIZANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Drought leaves Zimbabwe’s Kapotesa dam dry, villagers struggle for survival

In the Mudzi district, cases of malnutrition have increased by 20 percent over the past three months