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30 March 2021
Daily Maverick
The lack of job security for informal workers raises their risk of food insecurity. Out of 180 informal workers surveyed in Durban, more than 80% reported that adults and children in their households suffered from hunger during lockdown.
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22 February 2021
Daily Maverick
What began as a hyperlocal movement to protect the interests of emerging and commercial farmers, farmworkers and informal settlement residents in Cape Town’s Philippi Horticultural Area has become a much bigger campaign.
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18 February 2021
GroundUp
One in four children under five is undernourished and one in eight is overweight or obese, say researchers
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07 January 2021
BusinessDay
Adverse weather, government measures to safeguard supplies and robust demand help fuel price increases
Food security read moreThe strategic goal of this programme is to create a favourable and supportive agricultural service environment for farming community including Subsistence, Smallholder and black Commercial farmers.
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19 December 2020
Moneyweb
What might a change in approach look like?
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08 December 2020
Daily Maverick
The Lancet medical journal last week released its 2020 Countdown on Health and Climate Change Report which highlights the worsening global climate crisis and how it impacts on human health. Spotlight spoke to an environmental health expert about the implications of the report’s findings for South Africa.
Food security read moreUp-and-coming farmers can soon apply for financial support valued at up to R9 000 each. This is part of the Presidential Employment Stimulus initiative.
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01 December 2020
GroundUp
“Land now, food forever” demand activist organisations
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30 November 2020
Daily Vox
When visiting Table Mountain, you will find flat land that runs between the mountain into another mountain scape. The flat land which used to be underwater is part of the Philippi Horticultural Area (PHA). It is here that Nazeer Sonday farms the land producing food for the city. He is working to protect the land […]
Food security read moreKZN government establishes committee to resolve farming tensions https://www.iol.co.za/mercury/news/kzn-government-establishes-committee-to-resolve-farming-tensions-57bb0c25-c46f-4eff-baab-a0e0986848d2
OPINIONISTA: Swedish prize awarded to South Africa’s S’bu Zikode is a milestone for the grassroots movement https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2021-04-13-swedish-prize-awarded-to-south-africas-sbu-zikode-is-a-milestone-for-the-grassroots-movement/
World: New Zealand introduces climate change law for financial firms in world first https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-04-14-new-zealand-introduces-climate-change-law-for-financial-firms-in-world-first/
More evidence of why Covid requires a global solution which leaves no-one behind whether they can afford to pay or not https://apnews.com/article/india-coronavirus-surge-vaccine-supply-55b7313c688b9a4c05a68a9c13e499da
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