Failure to provide learners with food violates their rights, says Human Rights Commission – The Mail & Guardian

The Democratic Alliance wants Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga to audit national school nutrition programmes. (Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images)

The failure to provide learners in the Eastern Cape with food is a potential violation of the learners’ right to basic nutrition, the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has said.

Weighing in on the issue, the Democratic Alliance (DA) has called on Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga to audit the national school nutrition programmes.

It emerged earlier this month that food was not delivered to more than 4 000…

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