‘PREDATORY PRACTICES’ ‘Babies before bottom lines’ – WHO and Unicef slam unethical baby formula marketing in SA 3 min 2 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
FILLING THE GAP Stipends for sustenance – young change-makers go the extra mile to feed hope in Alex 4 min 2 By Lerato Mutsila
CLIMATE ACTION Rethinking food systems: Urgent call for sustainable practices amid climate change crisis 6 min 0 By Adèle Sulcas
CONTAINMENT EFFORTS Steenhuisen ups ante on biosecurity, demands action to curb spread of foot-and-mouth disease 4 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
FOOD SECURITY Battling climate change: How smallholder farmers in KwaZulu-Natal are adapting to survive 9 min 1 By Naledi Sikhakhane
HUNGER CRISIS Access to food a matter of justice, ‘not just kindness’ — Prof Thuli Madonsela 5 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
FOOD BASKET CHECK No relief for grant recipients, hikes loom and food prices remain unaffordable 3 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
SEEKING LEGISLATIVE SOLUTIONS ‘Make food waste illegal,’ Gauteng symposium on ending hunger is told 4 min 0 By Lillian Roberts
MALNUTRITION Western Cape to tackle ‘shocking’ stunting stats in ‘targeted’ nutrition scheme for moms, babies 4 min 3 By Naledi Sikhakhane
DISHING OUT DIGNITY Resilience amidst scarcity: women, food insecurity, and the fight for dignity and rights 5 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
STUNTED GROWTH OP-ED Ignoring child nutrition in South Africa can’t be the next big mistake 5 min 0 By David Harrison
HIDDEN HUNGER Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures: Tackling South Africa’s stunting crisis through maternal support grants 4 min 0 By Rahima Essop and Liezel Engelbrecht
LAND REFORM Tembeka Ngcukaitobi highlights expropriation act's impact on young farmers at Mzansi indaba 4 min 1 By Naledi Sikhakhane
DEADLY FALLOUT Trump’s cuts to international funding for health and food programmes will come back to bite him 4 min 7 By Adèle Sulcas
FOOD INSECURITY Empowering communities: The Food Agency's fight against hunger and food waste in South Africa 6 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
SOUR TASTE Sugar poison — The case for a higher tax on sugar-sweetened beverages 8 min 2 By Lillian Roberts
CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH 17 MARCH - 23 MARCH This week — Human Rights Day, Constitution Hill festival, USAID cuts discussions, plus other events in civil society 7 min 0 By Lerato Mutsila
FOOD JUSTICE: INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL MEALS DAY Brazil's bold food policies highlight South Africa's missed opportunities in school nutrition reform. 7 min 0 By Adèle Sulcas
CUTTING IT FINE Experts welcome expanded VAT-free foods basket but warn effects will be reversed by electricity hike 5 min 1 By Naledi Sikhakhane
FOOD JUSTICE: 'EGGSPOSURE' Campaign calls out harmful egg production practices, calls for ethical farming 4 min 5 By Naledi Sikhakhane
2025 BUDGET A VAT hike is not the answer, say experts — here are their solutions to SA’s fiscal crisis 4 min 4 By Lillian Roberts