Latest articles on Food Security

Street traders are central to food security in Johannesburg. But since being declared an essential service under lockdown, street trade in South Africa’s biggest city has returned to uneven ground

Health, debt and hunger are huge threats to the continent’s stability

We need an entirely new way of doing things to put an end to poverty

People know what they need to buy, the payments can piggyback on the Sassa system and the money will help prevent people from falling further into long-term poverty

Sit up, take notice and get angry that a third of South African households have R120 or less a person a week for food, let alone nutritious food

With South Africa under lockdown, many South Africans are hungry — and very soon persistent hunger will dramatically increase malnutrition

In February the devastating locust swarms were the biggest seen in East Africa for 70 years. Now they’re even bigger

About 25 years ago, Baldwyn Torto and his team taught themselves to talk to locusts. Now, Simon Allison brings you the story of the swarms eating their way across the continent

Farming insects requires less water than cattle rearing and they emit fewer greenhouse gases. Here’s why you should make them part of your diet