About four in five learners in the country’s poorest schools rely on the one meal they receive at school, but they weren’t able to get it for more than four months, during which child hunger increased because of the pandemic
When South Africa eventually emerges from the fog of the Covid-19 crisis, will policy makers be ready to grasp the nettle of farm scale, and promote the large-scale redistribution of land to small-scale producers?
The continent’s interconnectedness is what will be its catalyst for recovery
Health, debt and hunger are huge threats to the continent’s stability
What the government seems to have missed is that we are facing not just a medical crisis, but a psychosocial predicament that may have far-reaching consequences
Boundaries at all levels limit the exchange of ideas necessary to resolve complex global problems
The Eastern Cape government recently declared the province a drought disaster area. And as the climate crisis worsens, so does our mental health
Food insecurity remains a pressing issue in South Africa – one that every individual, organisation and government body should commit to ending
The continent’s farmers have to become more resilient to survive changing climate patterns and extreme weather events
Religious and nonprofit groups play an important role in providing food to students, but sometimes this is not enough.
Thousands of kilograms of food aid intended for Swaziland’s food insecure were recently found rotting in the government’s main storage warehouses.
Pockets of food insecurity are plaguing areas in Southern Africa where floods or prolonged mid-season dry spells have reduced harvests.
Zimbabwe’s agricultural production is estimated to have risen significantly, but many people still face problems finding basic foods, the UN says.