Food security
Fruit packhouse continues operations after Covid-19 scare
Department of Health acted swiftly in screening and testing at fruit packhouse
By Liezl Human
News | 24 April 2020
Covid-19: SASSA runs out of food parcels in Uitenhage
Councillors deny allegations that they distribute parcels unfairly
News | 22 April 2020
“Dying is dying, whether it is from coronavirus or hunger,” says Tsakane woman
“If the government cannot give us food parcels as promised, it should let us go back to work and hustle for our families to eat”
News | 22 April 2020
Covid-19: Civil society left to feed thousands of children on Cape Flats
Civil society network feeding more than 1,300 children in Lavender Hill and surrounds
Text by Steve Kretzmann. Photos by Brenton Geach.
Feature | 17 April 2020
Covid-19: Safety ramped up at Ceres fruit packhouse as employee tests positive
Rush to screen workers from Nduli in Ceres where first case was logged this week
By Liezl Human
News | 16 April 2020
Covid-19: A blind couple’s battle to find food in Louis Trichardt
The couple from Zimbabwe say they relied on money from begging outside stores to buy food and pay rent
Brief | 16 April 2020
Covid-19: Township residents protect spaza shops from looters
Whoever loots these shops will get the people’s justice, warns Port Elizabeth resident
News | 15 April 2020
Covid-19: Roads blocked, rocks thrown during food protest in Cape Town
“We’re not going to die from the coronavirus, but we will die of hunger”
News | 14 April 2020
Covid-19: School feeding reopens in Western Cape
But South African Democratic Teachers Union accuses province of undermining national plan to limit the spread of Covid-19
News | 9 April 2020