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Mzansi, we’re literally eating ourselves to death

Fezeka Matebeni -
A recent, comprehensive global review of the food security index put South Africa in the 48th position out of 113 countries – improving slightly...
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Community Food Gardens

Backyard gardeners tackle hunger and unemployment head-on

Duncan Masiwa -
In Avian Park, a small community just outside of Worcester in the Western Cape, residents are tackling food scarcity and unemployment head on. The...
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It Takes a Village

Former banker champions organic food to give Mother Nature a break

Duncan Masiwa -
The toll that is taken on the environment to grow Mzansi’s food has inspired a former Johannesburg banker to utilize her “green thumbs” and...
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It Takes a Village

Childcare workers feed thousands in Mzansi communities

Noluthando Ngcakani -
Children have a right to be children – to play and to dream. They have the right to exist freely. So says Pat Maqina, a technical advisor and senior mentor...
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Between the Headlines

Seasoned farmer risks losing farm in land reform blunder

Noluthando Ngcakani -
Award-winning farmer Petros Sithole spent 11 years of his retirement rebuilding a rundown farm in Mpumalanga. But now he stands to lose everything due...
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It Takes a Village

Organic food garden empowers people with disabilities

Duncan Masiwa -
An organic farming project in the countryside of the Uthungulu District in KwaZulu-Natal is arming people living with physical disabilities with in-depth agricultural training...
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Food for Thought

Crowd-farming: Redefining Livestock Investment

Lunathi Hlakanyane -
There is a traditional Xhosa proverb that states: Ubuhle bendoda ziinkomo zayo, which loosely translates to “A man is only as handsome as the size of...
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Between the Headlines

Sweetie, do you know where your honey comes from?

Zosuliwe Kala -
Honey-lovers, did you know that we don’t have a traceability system that helps ensure the quality of what you buy? South Africans consume much...
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Community Food Gardens

Woman-led farming enterprise seeks to revive indigenous vegetable markets in Mzansi

Duncan Masiwa -
There’s a growing interest to revive the status of indigenous food crops in Mzansi and a group of urban, black, female farmers are determined...
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Columns

China through my eyes (我眼中的中国)

Ikageng Maluleke -
Agricultural economist Ikageng Maluleka spent three weeks in China earlier this year on a study trip, getting the opportunity to immerse herself in the...
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The Shoprite Group’s roll out their Usave mobile stores in townships have come under much scrutiny by local business owners.
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Township entrepreneurs on defensive about ‘spaza shop’ spin-offs

Duncan Masiwa -
The Shoprite Group’s Usave retail chain recently introduced mobile stores in township communities to give people easier access to food purchases during the nation-wide...
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From ‘write-off’ to multi-award-winning international crop exporter

Sinesipho Tom -
When 27-year-old Uzair Essack saw his peers graduate two to three years before him, he never imagined that he would one day own a multi-award-winning export company that would gain...
Food For Mzansi is collaborating with Baggo Stonetrip, a company owned by 11-year-old entrepreneur Jan Louwrens, to bring children covid-19 safety information in 11 South African languages.
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Back to school: Don’t ignore kids’ coronavirus anxiety

Sinesipho Tom -
With the first learners due to return to school after the covid-19 lockdown shortly, experts have urged parents to help their children cope with...
Didiza welcomes these donations and future donations of food parcels, sanitizers and masks by individual farmers, farmer organisations
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Didiza thanks farmers, agri organisations for generosity

Sinesipho Tom -
The minister of agriculture, land reform and rural development, Thoko Didiza, has expressed her appreciation for farmers, farmers’ organisations and agribusinesses that go out of their way to show humanity towards the destitute.  May organisations showed ubuntu by donating and contributing food parcels,...
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Covid-19 boosts digitisation of agriculture industry

Noluthando Ngcakani -
The covid-19 shock has propelled the agriculture sector into taking a giant technological leap forward. We’ve seen farmers adopting digital and social media platforms to sell produce directly to...

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