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
COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS Gift of the Givers starts food programme in Butterworth village where desperate mom killed herself and her children 4 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
KOSI BAY Small-scale fishers struggle to survive while facing a litany of regulations 6 min 2 By Naledi Sikhakhane
TUESDAY EDITORIAL Do the maths, stupid — cost of hunger is far greater than the cost of solving it 5 min 1 By Mark Heywood
DAILY MAVERICK WEBINAR Breast is still best, say child nutrition experts and activists 6 min 0 By Takudzwa Pongweni
TUESDAY EDITORIAL Our food systems are broken – now is the time for deeper change, UN summit hears 7 min 0 By Adèle Sulcas
