Land reform in South Africa is failing. Ignoring the realities of rural life plays a part
There is widespread agreement that land reform in South Africa has failed to deliver the changes many hoped it would. Racially based dislocation and land dispossession were central features of colonial conquest and apartheid rule.
Waste to food programme at the False Bay TVET College Khayelitsha Campus
False Bay TVET College campuses are in some of the most economically vulnerable communities in Cape Town and, with the student population deeply affected by the increased levels of poverty and unemployment, decided the problems of hunger and food insecurity required an urgent response.
PAMSA announces South African paper production and recycling statistics
South Africa recycled 1.15 million tonnes of paper and paper packaging in 2021, representing a paper recovery rate of 61.4%.
Land reform in South Africa: what the real debate should be about
Land reform in South Africa is an emotive and politically fraught subject. That’s because land was at the heart of the dispossession of Africans by colonial settlers.
Pure South African saffron “deserves to be better known”
Recent expansion in saffron planting in South Africa – 22 hectares now dotted across all nine provinces, with most concentrated in the arid Northern Cape – has opened the door to what could be the perfect cash crop for South African farmers.
What’s driving hunger in Gauteng, South Africa’s economic power house
Food serves as one of the critical needs a person requires for daily survival. In South Africa it’s recognised as a fundamental human right under the country’s constitution.
FairPlay Movement proposes five-point plan to stave off hunger as jobless totals rise
More millions out of work means more poverty, more hunger and more malnutrition. The government must act urgently to ensure food security for all as winter approaches.
Ready … Set … Come experience it!
It is with great excitement and a sense of relief that Grain SA’s took notice of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s address last week announcing the adjusted Level 1 regulations, which came into effect and allowing the 2022 NAMPO Harvest Day to be hosted from 16-20 May 2022 at 50% of NAMPO Park’s capacity.
Tackling Youth Unemployment in Free State
The lives of 30 young people in the under-resourced Free State communities of Kroonstad and Bultfontein will soon be transformed, thanks to the generous support from Woolworths.
Malnutrition in Africa: Overcoming the long-standing battle to eradicate nutrient deficiencies on the continent
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic only exacerbated multidimensional poverty conditions across the continent: a look at malnutrition.