EL NIÑO CRISIS Dying crops, food and water shortages — drought affects millions in southern Africa 7 min 20 By Kristin Engel
BATTLE FOR SURVIVAL Desperate children are eating cow dung to line their stomach for lifesaving medicine, say researchers 7 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
GRAIN PACT Wheat prices spike after Russian missile strike tests Ukraine export deal 2 min 0 By Bloomberg
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK OP-ED Devastating toll of Russia’s war on Ukraine captured in eye-watering OECD downgrades 4 min 1 By Sharon Wood
THE SHAME OF THE NATION Fourteen babies and toddlers have starved to death in Nelson Mandela Bay in the past 15 months 5 min 13 By Estelle Ellis
NASTY WEATHER Link between climate change and crime shows rising heat is a killer 4 min 0 By Shaun Smillie
ISS TODAY: ANALYSIS Harrowing UN report on nutrition gives Africa food for thought 4 min 1 By Zachary Donnenfeld for ISS Today
OP-ED Don’t panic: South Africa’s resilience will put food on the table in the wake of KZN looting mayhem 3 min 0 By Wandile Sihlobo and Sifiso Ntombela
BUSINESS MAVERICK Food and fuel shortages loom in South Africa after logistics networks wrecked by riots 2 min 1 By Mfuneko Toyana
BUSINESS MAVERICK Transnet declares force majeure on Natcor rail route after social unrest 2 min 2 By Mfuneko Toyana
Coronavirus Lockdown & Hunger Hunger numbers: Millions, millions, millions need food 4 min 0 By Greg Nicolson
BUSINESS MAVERICK OP-ED Agricultural donor funding without institutional reform is a fruitless exercise in Africa 4 min 0 By Wandile Sihlobo and Gracelin Baskaran
