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.
Land-Food-Climate: Climate Resilience Through the Right to Food Event FACT co-founder Nomonde Buthelezi will speak alongside international experts and other speakers to share perspectives on the UN Food Systems Summit.
Hungry for Change: The Politics of Food in South Africa Dossier Not only have current food systems failed to end hunger, they are intensifying climate emissions, destroying our biodiversity and harming our health. Yet, the UN’s first international conference on Food Systems, set to kick off on 23 September 2021, looks set to entrench the status quo, avoiding the questions of power that underpin the failure to ensure the fulfillment of the Human Rights to Food and a Healthy Environment.
