Hunger

Eusebius McKaiser: Certain views about Covid-19’s global trajectory are anti-poor and anti-human

Analysis Eusebius McKaiser - 17 Mar 2020

This is no time to snigger at the high rates of coronavirus in the Global North. We could be just as hard hit — and it is poor people who will suffer the most

Garden feeds hundreds in inner city Jo’burg

Article Jacques Coetzee 1 - 29 Oct 2019

Hunger is widespread in SA and malnutrition affects children’s growth. Refiloe Molefe is doing her bit to change this with her food bank project

More than you can chew

Article Cayleigh Bright - 18 Oct 2019

Food inequality is a complex issue – to achieve food security, we need complex interventions from various sectors of society

The farm workers who produce our food are the most vulnerable to hunger

Article Stephen Devereux, Ruth Hall & Colette Solomon - 8 Oct 2019

When drafting policies to address this situation, it is important that the voices of the workers themselves are taken into account

Feed the hunger disaster

Article Eugene Absolom - 7 Jun 2019

As for a tsunami or any other calamity, corporates and individuals must dig into their pockets

How two million children go hungry

Article Athandiwe Saba - 23 Nov 2018

The Child Gauge highlights that black children in single or no parent households fare the worst

Basic education department can’t afford breakfast

Article bogdan TagDiv - 4 Apr 2017

It is exploring the idea of asking more food manufacturers to provide poor learners with a morning meal.

Starved of a soft place to land

Article bogdan TagDiv - 18 Nov 2016

‘Friday’ profiles different styles of writing – this time by a popular media personality who explores two kinds of hunger

‘Given the gains already made, a global push can consign hunger to history’

Analysis bogdan TagDiv - 8 Sep 2016

Nobel peace prize recipient Kofi Annan believes ending worldwide starvation is an attainable goal.

‘Malnutrition: Toddlers are almost as often overweight as they are underweight’

Article Mia Malan - 14 Jun 2016

A quarter of the world's overweight children live in Africa, amounting to almost the same number as wasting minors.

Hunger replaces war in Congo’s Katanga

Article bogdan TagDiv - 8 Apr 2016

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) this season, El Niño affects 550 000 people, bringing hunger and hardship.

Malawi drought: “I’m pregnant, but I’ve got nothing to eat.”

Article Josephine Chinele - 22 Mar 2016

Some rain has fallen yet crop yields are still expected to be poor, but aid programmes have opened the door to a more sustainable future.

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Western Cape Judge Mushtak Parker faces second misconduct complaint

Franny Rabkin - 1 Apr 2020

The Cape Bar Council says his conduct is ‘unbecoming the holding of judicial office’

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The Mogale Centre: A place of hope for young offenders

Athandiwe Saba - 30 Mar 2020

In the last story of her series about children behind bars, Athandiwe Saba speaks to young men who have committed serious crimes and are now living behind the walls of the Mogale Child and Youth Care Centre

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