Hunger is a crime against the people of South Africa. Who are the criminals? South Africa’s Constitution commits the state, as duty-bearer, to ensure that everyone has access to sufficient food (section 27), and that every child has basic nutrition (section 28). This makes everyone...
15 October 2025
At least 15 million South Africans suffer from food insecurity. That means they don’t have enough nutritious food to live healthy lives. This is due to a combination of factors, including unemployment, poverty, inequality and food system failures. More than 1,000...
26 February 2025
16th October 2024 is the 45th World Food Day, and the 30th since South Africa’s transition to democracy in 1994. What progress has been made on the constitutional right of everyone to “access to sufficient food”, and the constitutional right of every child to “basic...
16 October 2024