A diagnostic and implementation evaluation of government nutrition programmes was undertaken as part of the National Evaluation Plan for 2012/2013. The purpose of the evaluation was to assess the implementation of 18 nutrition interventions being delivered by the Departments of Health (DoH), Social Development (DSD), and Agriculture (DAFF or DOA) and to determine the enabling and inhibiting factors for implementation. The focus of the evaluation was on the sufficiency of national and provincial policy, leadership and resource allocation; on district management and oversight; and local level services delivery. The conceptual framework comprised an examination of 6 factors that moderate the implementation of nutrition programmes.