LIFE ON THE LINE Joburg’s People’s Pantry pleads for help to keeping feeding hundreds of desperate people 5 min 0 By Takudzwa Pongweni
FOOD JUSTICE Every night in SA, 20 million go hungry – Ali Conn and SA Harvest are working on a solution 5 min 4 By Takudzwa Pongweni
FOOD JUSTICE Chefs with Compassion calls on corporate SA to join fight against food insecurity and food waste 6 min 0 By Takudzwa Pongweni
THE FOOD CHAIN South Africa reports progress in limiting antibiotic use in animal farming 8 min 0 By Adèle Sulcas
FOOD BASKET CHECK Prices for basic items are levelling off, with increases in some essentials, tracking reveals 3 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
CRYING SHAME New baby blues – why infant formula companies want you to feel like a bad parent 7 min 1 By Laura Lopez Gonzalez
FOOD JUSTICE Draft regulations aim to make warning labels on unhealthy foods mandatory by 2025 6 min 3 By Adèle Sulcas
SPIRIT OF THE GREAT HEART Joburg’s Good Samaritans say feeding the homeless becomes harder as resources dry up and food prices soar 5 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
POWER CRISIS Rolling blackouts take heavy toll on the many who are struggling to survive 3 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCY Number of people suffering from ‘hidden hunger’ doubles to four billion 5 min 0 By Adèle Sulcas
GROWING AWARENESS Seeds of change – the politics of food gardens, from the Bronx to Mzansi 7 min 0 By Karen Washington
NUTRITION LABELLING Health department says draft legislation to regulate unhealthy food packaging expected soon 3 min 0 By Laura Lopez Gonzalez
AT SHARM’S LENGTH Reforming food systems to mitigate climate change sidelined at COP27 7 min 0 By Adèle Sulcas
CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH 21 – 25 NOVEMBER This week — Food justice picket, Neville Alexander Commemorative Conference and talk on the digital revolution in agriculture 6 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
HUMAN RIGHTS OP-ED A R10 grant increase won’t keep older people from going hungry 4 min 0 By Bridget Sleap
#FOODJUSTICE SA’s exploding obesity epidemic — department of health launches draft prevention and management strategy 7 min 0 By Adèle Sulcas
MALNUTRITION CRISIS Maternal grant is key to reducing South Africa’s child stunting, say activists 5 min 1 By Zukiswa Pikoli
GROWING TOGETHER Community food systems can help alleviate the scourge of hunger, say activists 4 min 0 By Zukiswa Pikoli
ALL FIZZ AND NO FUNCTION OP-ED Coke and dagger — headlines write themselves as Coca-Cola named sponsor for COP27 4 min 1 By Petronell Kruger and Sameera Mahomedy
WORLD FOOD DAY 2022 EDITORIAL You can’t eat political will to fight hunger but it’s vital to ensure everyone’s right to nutritious food 3 min 0 By Mark Heywood