Hungry

The Gauteng High Court forced the basic education department to introduce the national school feeding scheme. The programme was halted in March when schools were first closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. News24 spoke to Section27 which brought the application opposing the department's introduction of the programme.  The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, in the middle of July, ordered…

By Clare Wilson A red fox raiding a bin on a residential street in LondonGraham Racher / Alamy We shouldn’t be surprised by how well foxes can survive by scavenging from our food leftovers – it is a behaviour that is tens of thousands of years old. The ancestors of today’s foxes began living on…

As many endure the real financial burden of the lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic, members of the public and civil society groups alike have taken up the task to help feed the hungry.LOCKDOWN | Here's how you can help those in needThis week in Mooreesburg in the Western Cape, NGO Gift of the Givers took…

Rats and other rodents have had to become even more aggressive in their search for food as their supply from closed restaurants has seen their source dry up. With fewer passengers on city subways and restaurants all but shut except for a smattering of take out orders, a normally bountiful supply of food left behind from…