Eyewitness News
  • Eyewitness News
  • Search
  • Latest
  • Local
  • Elections
  • Coronavirus
  • Politics
  • Opinion
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
  • Sport
  • Video
  • Podcasts
Go
© addtodsaporn/123rf.com

Food security

What’s driving hunger in Gauteng, South Africa’s economic power house?

By Adrino Mazenda

In Gauteng, about 35% of the population is meagre food insecure. They have (at the very least) skipped a meal because there was insufficient money for food.

  • Picture: 123rf.com

    NPOs sign petition to stop SA's R50m food security donation to Cuba

    Over 50 non-profit organisations are demanding that the funds rather be directed toward an immediate independent investigation into the root causes of hunger in South Africa and to find ways in which to alleviate it.

    76 days ago
  • source: pexels.com

    New study finds child support grant 'not enough' for CT single mother households

    On Thursday, recommendations were handed over to government in a research report titled: 'Children, Social Assistance and Food Security'.

    80 days ago
  • Picture: Christa Eybers/Eyewitness News

    UN head says world must change food priorities to save planet

    United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said food systems 'can and must play a leading role' in meeting its sustainable development goals by 2030.

    235 days ago
  • FILE: Benue produces food staples such as yam, rice, beans, and maize. It supplies 70% of Nigeria's soybean, according to the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission. Picture: Unsplash.

    Security crisis drives up Nigeria's food worries

    The agricultural heartland, like Nigeria's northwestern states, is in the grip of years-long tit-for-tat violence between nomadic herders and farmers -- a feud that has sharpened as climate change intensifies competition for water and land.

    266 days ago
  • A pork trotter lies among other debris after looting at a Gauteng shopping centre. Picture: Abigail Javier/Eyewitness News

    GALLERY: Wasting while violent: The unexpected result of looting food

    Eyewitness News found food strewn across the streets and in various shopping centres that were affected by the violent looting and riots across parts of Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal in the last week.

    304 days ago
  • People queue to enter a supermarket in Durban on 13 July 2021 as several shops, businesses and infrastructure are damaged in the city, following four nights of continued violence and looting sparked by the jailing of ex-president Jacob Zuma. Picture: RAJESH JANTILAL/AFP

    Tiger Brands: Resumption of KZN operations dependent on major routes re-opening

    The decision to stop operations at Tiger Brands came at a time when South Africans were anxious about the possibility of food shortages.

    304 days ago
  • FoodForward SA’s Durban branch that distributes surplus food to its beneficiary organisations in KwaZulu-Natal and the Free State to help 125,000 vulnerable people access food has been looted on 14 July 2021. Picture: @FoodForwardSa/Twitter.

    Riots and food security: why there’s an urgent need to restore stability

    Food security is about more than just having sufficient supplies. It also requires food accessibility, affordability, nutrition and stability over time.

    306 days ago
  • People fleeing as police use water cannons and rubber bullets to disperse them from the streets of Hillbrow, in what was believed to be a #FreeZuma protest on 11 July 2021. Picture: Boikhutso  Ntsoko/ Eyewitness News.

    Gauteng & KZN riots interrupt vaccination drives, threaten food security

    The Business Unity South Africa is concerned about the impact of looting on the nation's food security.

    307 days ago
  • Gangsterism, hunger & COVID-19: Cape Town communities’ triple threat to life

    While the country grapples with COVID-19 that’s wreaked havoc on employment and the economy, residents in Elsies River and Tafelsig are dealing with more than one pandemic. #COVID19 #Gangsterism #CapeTown

    418 days ago
  • Picture: EWN.

    Record hunger in the Philippines as COVID restrictions bite

    Charities are struggling to meet the ever-growing demand for food as millions of families go hungry across the country.

    523 days ago
  • © nito500/123rf.com

    Local NGO distributes 7.6 million meals to hungry children amid lockdown

    The Social Development Department says 14 million people in South Africa were already food insecure before COVID-19.

    570 days ago
  • © addtodsaporn/123rf.com

    Cabinet: Farm attacks pose a threat to SA’s food security

    There has been a raging debate over the fate of South African farmers following invasions and killings across the country.

    570 days ago
  • A Yemeni youth carries a portion of food aid, distributed by Yadon Tabney development foundation, in Yemen's capital Sanaa on 17 May 2020. Picture: AFP.

    UN warns of alarming rise of hunger in war-torn Yemen

    Economic shocks, conflict, floods, desert locusts and now the novel coronavirus were creating a perfect storm for the expected sharp rise in food insecurity, according to a report by several UN agencies.

    663 days ago
  • © petertt/123rf.com

    Once-booming Franschhoek is on its knees: 'People are not eating!'

    Waiters, chefs and restaurant owners in Franschhoek and elsewhere are protesting under the banner #JobsSaveLives.

    663 days ago
  • Gregarious locusts congregate on some ground vegetation at Larisoro village near Archers Post, on 21 January 2020. Picture: AFP

    Horn of Africa to face unprecedented threat to food security, warns UN agency

    The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the UN said the region had five million children under the age of five who were acutely malnourished.

    746 days ago
  • Acting Gauteng Social Development MEC Panyaza Lesufi (yellow overall) on 15 April 2020 received donations from social partners and business at the central food bank warehouse in Booysen, Johannesburg. Picture: @gpgSocDev/Twitter

    ANALYSIS: Are the Gauteng govt's emergency food parcels enough for a month?

    Africa Check takes a look at what is in the food parcels from the Gauteng government and whether it’s “enough” for a family of four for one month?

    747 days ago
  •  FILE: A volunteer from Islamic Relief SA packs food hampers ahead of distributions to areas in need of food during the lockdown. Picture: Ahmed Kajee/EWN

    How Africa risks reeling from a health crisis to a food crisis

    The situation in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, is reflected across sub-Saharan Africa.

    752 days ago
  • Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Thoko Didiza at an inter-ministerial briefing on 24 March 2020 detailing how government will respond ahead of and during the 21-day lockdown announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa. Picture: Kayleen Morgan/EWN.

    SA will not run out of food during lockdown - Didiza

    Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Thoko Didiza appealed to the public to not panic as the country has sufficient food supplies.

    783 days ago
  • «
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • »

Trending on EWN

FILE: Gauteng police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe said the sportsman was released from custody on Sunday. Picture: AFP

  1. Springbok flyhalf Elton Jantjies expected in court following arrest
  2. Motorists warned to expect massive fuel price hike in June
  3. Large parts of Cape Town without power due to outage
  4. Stellenbosch probes white student urinating on black student's belongings
  5. ANCWL abandons Gauteng general council set to nominate new provincial leader
Tweets by @ewnreporter

On Air


Latest bulletin

Latest traffic report

Contributors

  • Eyewitness News
    Eyewitness News
    Eskom ramps up load shedding to stage 4 on Monday
  • Bernadette Wicks
    Bernadette Wicks
    Elton Jantjies' case postponed to 3 June
  • AFP
    AFP
    Zimbabwe healthcare bleeds amid mass nurse exodus
  • Tshidi Madia
    Tshidi Madia
    ANCWL abandons Gauteng general council set to nominate new provincial leader
  • Tlou Legodi
    Tlou Legodi
    YONELA DIKO: After the KZN floods, how do we mitigate the next disaster?

Let the news come to you. Subscribe to our daily newsletter.

Eyewitness News
  • Local
  • World
  • Politics
  • Sport
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
  • Opinion
  • Features
  • Video
  • Audio
  • Infographics
  • EWN Apps
  • EWN popup
  • Breaking News Alerts
  • Traffic
  • Newsletter Signups
  • RSS Feeds
  • Contact
  • Find us on Facebook
  • Follow us on Twitter
  • Follow us on Instagram
  • Comments Policy
COPYRIGHT 2022 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED | Terms & Conditions | Privacy | PAIA

Choose an EWN Twitter account

Follow @ewnreporter

Follow @ewnupdates

Follow @ewnsport

Follow @ewntraffic

Choose an EWN app

iOS

Android