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
Income shocks and the breakdowns in social protection schemes have had consequences for hunger and food insecurity in South Africa
The warning signs couldn’t be clearer that we need to act now to prevent millions dying from starvation
Health, debt and hunger are huge threats to the continent’s stability
Knock, knock: it’s Hunger
For the many that rely on pension grants, Sassa’s seemingly simple date change has severe ramifications
The Ramaphosa Presidency has been praised for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, but the compensating measures that accompany it are inadequate to protect much of the population
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
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
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
Food inequality is a complex issue – to achieve food security, we need complex interventions
from various sectors of society
When drafting policies to address this situation, it is important that the voices of the workers themselves are taken into account
As for a tsunami or any other calamity, corporates and individuals must dig into their pockets
The Child Gauge highlights that black children in single or no parent households fare the worst
It is exploring the idea of asking more food manufacturers to provide poor learners with a morning meal.
‘Friday’ profiles different styles of writing – this time by a popular media personality who explores two kinds of hunger
Nobel peace prize recipient Kofi Annan believes ending worldwide starvation is an attainable goal.
A quarter of the world’s overweight children live in Africa, amounting to almost the same number as wasting minors.
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) this season, El Niño affects 550 000 people, bringing hunger and hardship.
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.
The level of hunger in the world remains unacceptably high, with 795-million people still going hungry.
M&G newsroom is rife with discussion about the pros and cons of running and participating in the #6Rand campaign. Here are some views.
SA’s unemployment rate and the high cost of food mean many people go hungry. We look at how the R6 food challenge can raise awareness around this.
Hidden hunger, also known as vitamin and mineral deficiencies, impacts more than two-billion people with often devastating consequences.
We need to feed our country quality food so we can all realise our potential. That’s why we are running the R6-a-day challenge, writes Sipho Kings.
It is a national scandal that millions in SA starve and scrape by without any law to rescue them when the country is officially food secure.
Poor nutrition not only costs individuals dearly by stunting their potential, but the country too.
The deputy president claims the percentage of households with children that have gone hungry has fallen dramatically. But the comparison is flawed.
On a recent visit to Japan, Jay Naidoo was struck by the success of smallholder farming, and left convinced it could solve Africa’s hunger crisis.
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/ 11 October 2011
G20 ministers meeting this week must take action to stop speculation on commodity markets that is fuelling food prices and hunger, say economists.
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/ 18 November 2009
The UN says the Horn of Africa is one of the most critical hunger areas in the world, with 23-million people not getting enough to eat.