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LISTEN | Rising scourge of post-pandemic hunger in the Eastern Cape

In this episode, Daron Mann chats to Gift of the Givers co-ordinator Corene Conradie about the scourge of post-pandemic hunger in the Eastern Cape.

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The deaths of 38-year-old Bongeka Buso and her children, Oratile, Orabile and Anathi — aged five, eight and 14 — have left the residents of Tholeni village, in Butterworth, in a state of shock. Here ward 10 councillor Nomtunzi Mtintsilana (not in the picture) comforts Mandisa Buso (the dead woman’s aunt).
AWFUL TRAGEDY: The deaths of 38-year-old Bongeka Buso and her children, Oratile, Orabile and Anathi — aged five, eight and 14 — have left the residents of Tholeni village, in Butterworth, in a state of shock. Here ward 10 councillor Nomtunzi Mtintsilana (not in the picture) comforts Mandisa Buso (the dead woman’s aunt). Picture: THEO JEPTHA

In this episode, Daron Mann chats to Gift of the Givers co-ordinator Corene Conradie about the scourge of post-pandemic hunger in the Eastern Cape.

This is in the wake of Daily Dispatch's report on Tuesday that unemployed Bongeka Buso, 38, is thought to have hanged herself after allegedly feeding poison to two of her children, Orabile, 8, and Oratile, 5, and stabbing teenager Anathi in the neck in their R1 village home in Tholeni.

Conradie said the high employment in rural areas has led to many children in the province to suffer from malnutrition.

" Nine children died in the Butterworth region between January and February last year due to these cases," she said.

According to Conradie, Gift of the Givers have supplied with over 30 million nutritional sachets in destitute regions in the Eastern Cape, however said that is not enough.

LISTEN | Rising scourge of post-pandemic hunger in the Eastern Cape In this episode, Daron Mann chats to Gift of the Givers co-ordinator Corene Conradie about therising scourge of post-pandemic hunger in the Eastern Cape. This is in the wake of Daily Dispatch's report on Tuesday that unemployed Bongeka Buso, 38, is thought to have hanged herself after allegedly feeding poison to two of her children, Orabile, 8, and Oratile, 5, and stabbing teenager Anathi in the neck in their R1 village home in Tholeni. Conradie said the high employment in rural areas has led to many children in the province to suffer from malnutrition. " Nine children died in the Butterworth region between January and February last year due to these cases," she said. According to Conradie, Gift of the Givers have supplied with over 30 million nutritional sachets in destitute regions in the Eastern Cape, however said that is not enough. Tune in for more :

Posted by Daily Dispatch on Wednesday, August 9, 2023

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