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Food insecurity

Is Social Development in the EC concealing the numbers of children dying of hunger?

15th Aug 2022 Johnnie Isaac 0

The South African Human Right Commission in the Eastern Cape hears of child malnutrition in the province.

Covid grant does even less as food prices soar

23rd Nov 2021 Ramatamo Sehoai 0

Food prices are rising as SDR grant recipients struggle to buy basic necessities.

On the road with Côte d’Ivoire’s cocoa beans

12th Apr 2021 Equal Times 0

It’s 8.40pm. A strong wind blows across the dark night sky, whistling through the large trees that protrude from the canopy formed by cocoa trees. […]

Alexandra food gardening in hard times

21st Jul 2020 Ramatamo Sehoai 0

Covid-19 and the consequent lockdown has affected communal food gardens that contribute to food security for the poor in Alexandra.

The food crisis and hunger pandemic

12th Jun 2020 Lilita Gcwabe 0

The measures taken by government to slow the spread of COVID-19 have unmasked the face of racialised and gendered inequalities hiding in the folds of democracy.

Too hungry to go to class: South Africa’s university students need better support

22nd Oct 2019 Stella Sabi 0

The South African university student population has changed over the past 20 years to reflect wider society more closely than before. It’s no surprise therefore […]

Poorest in Zimbabwe look for food in dumps

29th Jun 2018 Bernard Chiguvare 0

Tsanzaguru is a relatively new township in Rusape about 200km away from Harare. Residents complain that Rusape Municipality is dumping food in the area, inviting scavenging by unscrupulous vendors.

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