FOOD SECURITY OP-ED Not so fast — targeted strategies to stop hunger fail to reach one in six children 8 min 0 By David Harrison and Zaheera Mohamed
DAILY MAVERICK WEBINAR Unsaturated facts – activists say front-of-package food labelling is about the ‘right to know’ 5 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
REVENUE SWEETENER OP-ED An increase in the sugar tax will boost SA’s ailing economy 4 min 2 By Nzama Mbalati
FOOD BASKET CHECK Price hikes on basics add strain to poor and hungry South Africans as grant payment glitches persist 5 min 5 By Naledi Sikhakhane
SHELF HARM SA has an obesity crisis, regulation needed to protect children from risks of food marketing – experts 6 min 1 By Naledi Sikhakhane
CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH 16-21 October This week – unhealthy food and why package labels matter, empowering rural women and pushback against xenophobia 5 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
HUNGRY AND DESPERATE OP-ED South Africa’s food crisis – avoidable, unnecessary and reaching epidemic proportions 4 min 2 By Andy du Plessis
FEEDING THE PROBLEM OP-ED Don’t force big retailers to cut profits margins on essential food – there are better ways to fight hunger 5 min 5 By Luke Metelerkamp
HUNGER OP-ED South Africa deserves a food system that nourishes its people and safeguards the environment 3 min 0 By Scott Drimie
BEST BUY PROJECT Subsidising these 10 essential products could help stave off malnutrition in SA, say civil society groups 5 min 2 By Naledi Sikhakhane
STARVING KIDS Eight million hungry children: New report about the shocking impact of poverty on young South Africans 5 min 8 By Mark Heywood
BOOK REVIEW Ultra-Processed People — the unhealthy global food system and why we can’t stop eating ‘junk food’ 6 min 0 By Adèle Sulcas
HUNGER PAINS Tshwane schools set up food gardens to supplement the government nutrition scheme and boost the curriculum 5 min 0 By Zukiswa Pikoli
SUGAR TAX OP-ED We need to look at the sugar tax and sustainable aviation fuels on their own merits 4 min 0 By Thomas Funke
Maverick News SAMRC showcases SA poor’s dependency on ultra-processed meals as food basket costs continue to rise 5 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
DEADLY DIET Studies flagging raised risk of heart attack from ultra-processed foods prompts warning of ‘tidal wave of ill health’ 6 min 4 By Adèle Sulcas
ORGANIC MOVEMENT Small-scale farmers putting food back where it belongs — at the heart of communities 5 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
THE ACTIONISTS From anti-apartheid struggles to food justice, Coral Vinsen champions the value of the human 4 min 2 By Thom Pierce
