Food security

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Covid-19: East London shack dwellers block streets over food vouchers

Residents accuse councillor of nepotism

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News | 12 May 2020

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Pressing need for food parcels in Durban

Hunger grows in Blackburn Village informal settlement’s 2,000 households

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News | 11 May 2020

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“Thanks to the generous donors my kitchen is full of food” says Tsakane resident

Couple urges community to make donations for families in need

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Brief | 4 May 2020

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Covid-19: Uitenhage settlement gets water three weeks after protest

Local councillor donates food to families in need

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Brief | 4 May 2020

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Fruit packhouse continues operations after Covid-19 scare

Department of Health acted swiftly in screening and testing at fruit packhouse

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News | 24 April 2020

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Covid-19: SASSA runs out of food parcels in Uitenhage

Councillors deny allegations that they distribute parcels unfairly

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News | 22 April 2020

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“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”

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News | 22 April 2020

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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

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Feature | 17 April 2020

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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

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News | 16 April 2020

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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

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Brief | 16 April 2020

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Covid-19: Township residents protect spaza shops from looters

Whoever loots these shops will get the people’s justice, warns Port Elizabeth resident

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News | 15 April 2020

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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”

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News | 14 April 2020

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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

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News | 9 April 2020

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“Townships should not be a dumping site for unhealthy food”

People’s Health Movement urges government to do more to curb malnutrition and obesity in townships

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Brief | 10 December 2019

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Uitenhage gogo feeds 100 people daily

Sheila Isaacs offers free meals to those in need

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News | 20 April 2018

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Philippi’s vegetables feed the hungry

Lavender Hill soup kitchens and businesses depend on cheap supplies

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Photo Essay | 1 November 2017