The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Limpopo has called on MEC for Social Development Nkakareng Rakgoale to increase the provision of food parcels to those in need of food relief in response to Covid-19’s impact on their livelihoods.
But while the MEC commended the work done by businesses that continue to plough back into their communities, she also admitted that her department’s distribution on food parcels could improve.
The DA said yesterday that the department’s current intervention was not enough to address the province’s substantial food security challenges and that urgent intervention was needed. Phala said the lockdown has left many households cash-strapped, unable to earn wages and vulnerable to hunger and possibly starvation.
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