Kids suffer months of ‘agony’ after school meals cut off

David Fritz with his children, Ethan, 10, Marliney, 6, and Zaynique, 2, at home in White River, Mpumalanga. They relied on the national school feeding scheme before lockdown.

Image: Alaister Russell/The Sunday Times David Fritz with his children, Ethan, 10, Marliney, 6, and Zaynique, 2, at home in White River, Mpumalanga. They relied on the national school feeding scheme before lockdown.

When level-5 lockdown hit and schools closed, the national school feeding scheme vanished.

We speak to some of the families whose lifeline was severed four months ago.

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