Food security
Soup kitchens in Makhanda struggle to keep up as demand doubles
People running the kitchens say termination of the R350 Covid grant in April is directly linked to the increased demand
News | 16 July 2021
Brakpan community members protect immigrant-owned spaza shops
What will our children eat if this looting does not stop? asks resident
News | 15 July 2021
Food supply to 675,000 people cut off after Durban food bank ransacked
FoodForward SA closes branches nationwide because of insecurity
News | 14 July 2021
“It’s hunger, my sister,” says Brakpan looter
Most Tsakane shops have been gutted
News | 14 July 2021
KZN unrest: Old age homes running out of food
Facilities for the elderly in Durban are battling with staff shortages and are not getting food deliveries as looting continues
News | 13 July 2021
This charity has been feeding Cape Town’s hungry for more than 80 years. Never have so many people queued for food
“The increase in numbers shows how much people are struggling out there”
Feature | 8 July 2021
Sanitation worse than ever after floods hit informal settlement
Residents of Ethembeni in Khayelitsha say they urgently need ten to 15 chemical toilets
By Vincent Lali
Brief | 5 July 2021
Equal Education goes back to court to force government to feed hungry school children
Minister Motshekga and eight provincial education MECs in contempt of court, says NGO
Law | 5 July 2021
Even the rats have left this household now that the cupboard is empty
Brother and sister used to rely on Covid-19 grant
Brief | 17 June 2021