PROCESSED FOR PROFIT Researchers and dieticians argue it’s high time South African food products come with warnings 11 min 0 By Laura Lopez Gonzalez
FOOD JUSTICE Can South Africa legislate its way out of its crushing ‘double burden’ of malnutrition and into a healthier ‘food democracy’? (Part Three) 14 min 1 By Adèle Sulcas
FOOD JUSTICE PART TWO Redefining food safety: SA’s laws governing food advertising aimed at children need to be jacked up 10 min 1 By Adèle Sulcas
FOOD JUSTICE PART ONE Child targets: South Africa faces an obesity-related health catastrophe linked to poor regulation of food advertising 10 min 2 By Adèle Sulcas
FEEDING BOOST SA Harvest’s new Garden Route branch is set to deliver 100,000 meals a month 4 min 0 By Michelle Banda
INFANT NUTRITION Formula for poor health: Unscrupulous marketing helps push mothers away from breastfeeding, report reveals 3 min 0 By Zukiswa Pikoli
Maverick Citizen: Academic independence On Board with Nestlé? Academics express concern over conflicts of interest 6 min 1 By Mark Heywood
FOOD INSECURITY Women and girls bear the brunt of undernutrition, international conference told 2 min 0 By Michelle Banda
Maverick Citizen: Right of Reply South Africa’s sugar tax should be scrapped, says SA Canegrowers Association 5 min 3 By Andrew Russell
FOOD JUSTICE Frontline defenders: Meet the citizens stepping in where government has failed in policing infant nutrition laws 8 min 1 By Laura Lopez Gonzalez
CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH 2-7 NOVEMBER The effects of food injustice and action to end the mistreatment of intersex persons 3 min 0 By Zukiswa Pikoli
FIELD WORK Makers Valley: Joburg children follow the food journey — from the farm to their plates 4 min 0 By Michelle Banda
NUTRITION INSECURITY Food insecurity is not a Covid-related shock, but a chronic, systemic problem in South Africa 3 min 0 By Jane Battersby
UNHEALTHY EATING ‘Delay, dilute, delegitimise’: How the food industry shapes what you eat — and what you weigh 10 min 1 By Laura Lopez Gonzalez
OP-ED: NATIONAL NUTRITION WEEK Poor nutrition is a weak foundation for a nation with big dreams 2 min 0 By Kopano Matlwa Mabaso
Maverick Citizen: Food Justice UN Food Systems Summit was not destined to be perfect, but it made a landmark achievement 7 min 1 By Adèle Sulcas