January 2022 Household Affordability Index and Key Data The average cost of the Household Food Basket increased by R349,82 (8,6%), from R4 051,20 in January 2021 to R4 401,02 in January 2022. pdf
Livestock and Maize at Sharp Edge of Climate Emergency in Southern Africa Southern Africa is warming at twice the rate of the global average. Worsening drought and rising temperatures are likely to bring about a collapse of two keystone agricultural activities — livestock and maize farming — warns the latest climate science, presented in the long-awaited United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) new report. By Leonie Joubert
October 2021 Household Affordability Index and Report Times are tough. Times are going to get tougher. Food prices rise again. pdf
September 2021 Household Affordability Index and Report Statistics South Africa’s recently updated Food Poverty Line is now R624 per capita per month. pdf
Agency in South Africa’s Food Systems: Community Driven Research During the COVID-19 lockdowns of 2020, a group of community researchers, together with students, undertook a study on hunger and agency in the food systems of five locations. pdf
The Corporate Capture of the UN Food Summit Article Transnational agribusiness firms are contributing to a growing global hunger crisis, causing widespread environmental damage, and threatening people’s health. By also capturing the United Nations Food Systems Summit, they have restricted the meeting's agenda to solutions that will further inflate corporate profits. By Sofia Monsalve
What COVID-19 Revealed About Hunger Article The pandemic has shown the importance of community-based initiatives in fighting food insecurity. Unfortunately, when the United Nations Food Systems Summit convenes this month, few voices of those most affected by hunger will be at the table. By Brittany Kesselman
Transforming Cape Town’s COVID Soup Kitchens Into Spaces of Dignity – A Community Vision Article Can community kitchens play a role in moving our approaches to hunger beyond the binary of ‘charity’ and ‘market’? By Sanelisiwe Nyaba, Haidee Swanby and Stefanie Lemke
The Food Series: 10 Short Films on South Africa’s Food System Video Ten short documentaries that illustrate the flaws of South Africa’s food system, exposed through the COVID-19 pandemic. Available for download and screening.
Uphakantoni: What’s Being Dished Up? Podcast The first podcast from our friends at the Food Agency Cape Town (FACT), reflecting on the stigma of hunger and the potential of community kitchens to transform a commodity fixated food system.
