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Brittany Kesselman

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Brittany Kesselman

Brittany Kesselman is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Society, Work, and Politics Institute at the University of Witwatersrand.

The local Muslim organisation Ghous-e-aazam Welfare distributes food in the Johannesburg CBD. Civil society tended to respond to hunger during lockdowns with nutritious food, as opposed to the fatty, starchy or processed food that is often in government food parcels. (Marco Longari/AFP)
COVID 19

Civil society steps in to fight SA’s ‘hidden hunger’ revealed by Covid-19

The healthy-food famine does not fit stereotypical images of need, yet it can be addressed creatively

  • Brittany Kesselman
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