FOOD BASKET Rising food prices leave low-income families struggling to meet basic nutritional needs 5 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
FOOD JUSTICE Is sugar tax a crucial public health tool or an industry scapegoat? 4 min 0 By Lillian Roberts
BIOSECURITY Farmers take foot-and-mouth disease fight to Steenhuisen as vaccine battle escalates 6 min 3 By Naledi Sikhakhane
10-YEAR STRATEGY Dairy and beef industry scepticism grows over Steenhuisen’s plans for foot and mouth disease management 5 min 2 By Naledi Sikhakhane
URBAN INSPIRATION OP-ED In a city that is failing, Ndawo Entle shows a community that refuses to follow suit 6 min 0 By Leah Marais
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT Ladles of Love — volunteers bring joy and meals to Cape Town’s unhoused during festive season 4 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
ON CROP OF THEIR GAME What happens to school gardens during the holiday season? 5 min 0 By Lillian Roberts
VACCINE VULNERABILITY Brazil’s FMD success offers blueprint as SA struggles with FMD vaccine shortages 7 min 1 By Naledi Sikhakhane
FOOD BASKET Social Relief of Distress grant is insufficient to combat SA’s food crisis 5 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
FESTIVE FEAR Community initiatives step up for children as holiday hunger bites 7 min 1 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
HUNGER PAINS Africa faces alarming rise in food insecurity despite growing regional agricultural trade, report warns 4 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
LIVESTOCK DISASTER KZN dairy farmers face massive losses amid the ravages of foot and mouth disease 6 min 1 By Naledi Sikhakhane
PLEASE SIR The Breakfast Club nonprofit forced to shut down after nine years of providing meals at Cape Town school 6 min 5 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
GLOBAL HUNGER OP-ED South Africa’s G20 promoted food security, but not food justice 4 min 0 By Stephen Devereux
DIETARY HEALTH New Lancet series warns ultra-processed foods are reshaping diets and fuelling global burden of disease 6 min 0 By Adèle Sulcas
CLIMATE SUMMIT ‘Restoring land and empowering people' is essential for a resilient future, COP30 declares 4 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
CROP FAILURE Banana bunchy top virus is killing livelihoods for coastal banana growers 4 min 1 By Naledi Sikhakhane
SLICES OF LIFE Fortification assessment — the little things put in your bread by big companies 6 min 0 By Lillian Roberts
AGRICULTURE & THEFT ‘No mercy’, harsher penalties sought for farmers caught buying stolen seeds 5 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane