Food security
Children go hungry after soup kitchen closed by July unrest
About 100 children were getting their Sunday meal at a kitchen run by people with disabilities
News | 2 August 2021
Winters are the worst nightmare for us, says homeless man in Springs
Last week temperatures dropped to minus 7ºC
News | 26 July 2021
Atlantis pharmacist feeds hundreds of people weekly
“This is desperation. People are hungry out here. Situations like these are heartbreaking,” says Thahier Alli
News | 23 July 2021
“Serving from the pot, you pray that the food is enough”
Community soup kitchens say the number of people coming for food has increased in recent months
News | 23 July 2021
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