Food security
“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
No vegetables, no fruit: surviving without the Covid-19 grant
Nocawa Maneli of Gqeberha lives off pap and rice supplied by relatives
News | 9 June 2021
A quarter of Worcester’s children are stunted
Mothers who completed high school are much less likely to have stunted children
News | 19 May 2021
Researchers call for full reopening of schools after report shows more than half of children miss meals
The total lost days of meals could be as high as 133 out of 211 school days
News | 13 May 2021