Food security
Feeding poor people: The national government has failed
But civil society, provincial and local governments have tried to fill the gap
Analysis | 2 June 2020
Contractor says school feeding scheme isn’t viable if only two grades return
“Normally I would deliver for 5,000 but now my delivery will only be for 677 in grades 7 and 12.”
News | 29 May 2020
Low-income families are spending more on food since March, says report
“We have to accept that we now face a massive hunger crisis”
By Justin Brown
News | 26 May 2020
Court challenge to government’s “peanut butter sandwich ban”
Lockdown regulations stop or intimidate charities’ food handouts
Law | 25 May 2020
Zimbabweans in SA welcome new service to send groceries home
“Mukuru Groceries has solved my problem” says mom whose children still live in Zimbabwe
News | 18 May 2020
Planting veggies for the hard times ahead
Candy Mayfair of Oudtshoorn has started growing vegetables for the first time in her life
By Mpumi Kiva
Brief | 15 May 2020
Covid-19: “One day I will get my own food parcel”
Hungry KwaNobuhle residents wait all night for food
Brief | 12 May 2020
Covid-19: East London shack dwellers block streets over food vouchers
Residents accuse councillor of nepotism
News | 12 May 2020
Pressing need for food parcels in Durban
Hunger grows in Blackburn Village informal settlement’s 2,000 households
News | 11 May 2020