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Katja Hamilton
SOUTH AFRICA
McGregor in crisis: Gift of the Givers races against time to provide urgent aid

Source: Katja Hamilton.
Source: Katja Hamilton.
[Katja Hamilton] McGregor isolated by damaged bridge, Urgent aid needed as food, water, and supplies dwindle amidst severe weather fallout...

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Andy du Plessis
SOUTH AFRICA
The non-profit sector conundrum: Value vs volume - FoodForward SA

The non-profit sector conundrum: Value vs volume
[Andy du Plessis] The surge in inflation appears to have no end in sight as the cost of goods and services continues to rise steeply...

Posted 1 year ago | Like
Andy du Plessis
SOUTH AFRICA
The lines we dare not cross - FoodForward SA

The lines we dare not cross
[Andy du Plessis] The gross inequality across the length and breadth of South Africa is palpable, disturbing, and not sustainable for long term growth, national security, and social cohesion...

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Sindy Peters
AFRICA
Wanjira Mathai: Africa's water security depends on an all-of-society paradigm

Wanjira Mathai: Africa's water security depends on an all-of-society paradigm
[Sindy Peters] By 2025, approximately 75-250 million Africans will lack access to freshwater. This startling statistic was shared by Wanjira Mathai...

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Andy du Plessis
SOUTH AFRICA
The right to food is a fundamental human right that must be realised with greater urgency - FoodForward SA

The right to food is a fundamental human right that must be realised with greater urgency
[Andy du Plessis] It is often said that food is the only universal thing that really has the power to bring everyone together. While this may be true, depending on your social context, consider how the lack of food could impact a person, a family, a community, and a nation...

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Andy du Plessis
SOUTH AFRICA
Food justice must be realised for people to be truly free

Andy Du Plessis, managing director of FoodForward SA. Source: Supplied
Andy Du Plessis, managing director of FoodForward SA. Source: Supplied
[Andy du Plessis] Since the right to food is directly linked to the right to life and the right to dignity, an exclusion of these rights is simply unjust, and a curtailment of people's freedom, writes FoodForward SA's Andy du Plessis...

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Andrea Rademeyer
SOUTH AFRICA
Food insecurity in SA takes centre stage - Ask Afrika

Food insecurity in SA takes centre stage
[Andrea Rademeyer] Many South Africans are paying a high price for the economic devastation caused by the hard lockdown implemented in late March in response to the Covid-19 pandemic...

Posted 3 years ago | Like
Sindy Peters
SOUTH AFRICA
#LockdownLessons: Food security, especially in schools, requires collaborative intervention

#LockdownLessons: Food security, especially in schools, requires collaborative intervention
[Sindy Peters] Karl Muller, operations manager at Tiger Brands Foundation, shares his experience of the current Covid-19 crisis and how his organisation is navigating these unusual times...

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Sindy Peters
SOUTH AFRICA
Food rescue initiative SA Harvest launches in Cape Town

Food rescue initiative SA Harvest launches in Cape Town
[Sindy Peters] Launched in tandem with this year's World Food Day, SA Harvest - the South African version of the highly successful OzHarvest - is officially off the ground. Its CEO, Alan Browde, shared the initiative's journey thus far...

Posted 4 years ago | Like
Sindy Peters
Sindy Peters
[Food, Water & Energy Security] 

Where does your food come from? Over half of South Africa’s population live in cities, with no direct access to farms. We scour grocery store shelves for the most attractive packaging, rather than the freshest produce. Justin Bonello felt this massive disconnect between what we consume and its origins. So the chef set out to track our daily bread from field to store to dinner table. “We’ve become so reliant on mass-produced, homogenised food that we no longer even know what real food is,” Bonello says. This realisation drove him to dig up his own Cape Town garden, a move that’s led to a city-wide farming initiative.

Read Justin Bonello's full story here.

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Sindy Peters
SOUTH AFRICA
From cradle to grave: How Levi's is tackling water sustainability

From cradle to grave: How Levi's is tackling water sustainability
[Sindy Peters] Having never been inside an actual factory before, never mind a clothing factory, I had imagined mega-machines and giant conveyor belts - nothing but cold hard steel moving fabric about...

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Sindy Peters
Sindy Peters
[Food, Water & Energy Security] 

Love stories often make for riveting tales. Mahlatse Matlakana’s journey of courage, sacrifice, and passion is one epic romance with an unexpected source of affection – green peppers. At the age of 15, Matlakana supported her family by working on farms in Arrie Village, Limpopo. What she didn’t know was that this act of survival would lead to her owning her own business before she turned 21.

Read Mahlatse Matlakana's full story here.

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Sindy Peters
Sindy Peters
[Food, Water & Energy Security] 

Roushanna Gray takes a bite of a delicate blossom. It’s not unusual to see her include buds, petals and leaves that she’s foraged in her meals. “In fynbos, there are so many different types of edible and medicinal species,” Gray says. South Africa’s biodiversity is as abundant as it is breathtaking. Centuries ago, local foliage served as people’s diets. Today, among artful food trends, indigenous blooms are returning to modern palates.

Read Roushanna Gray's full story here.

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Sindy Peters
Sindy Peters
[Food, Water & Energy Security] 

People can’t function when they’re hungry. But every day, children across South Africa are forced to attend classes without having something to eat. Benjamin Constable realised this while coaching basketball at a primary school in Durban. “This just struck me as the most obvious challenge South Africa faces,” he says. “How do you grow and develop if your stomach’s empty?” Trying to uplift kids with sport took a back seat. The children needed nourishment. Constable’s solution didn’t lie outside the box, but in one.

For Benjamin Constable's full story, click here.

Posted 5 years ago | Like
Sindy Peters
SOUTH AFRICA
#GlobalFoodSecurity: Food Forward SA turns to digital solution in quest to reduce hunger

#GlobalFoodSecurity: Food Forward SA turns to digital solution in quest to reduce hunger
[Sindy Peters] Food Forward South Africa has over the last two years developed a virtual platform that allows it to streamline how it carries out its mission...

Posted 6 years ago | Like
Sindy Peters
SOUTH AFRICA
#GlobalFoodSecurity: How Africa can feed itself and the world

Professor Adipala Ekwamu, executive secretary of the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture ()
Professor Adipala Ekwamu, executive secretary of the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RuForum)
[Sindy Peters] Professor Adipala Ekwamu, executive secretary of the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RuForum), gave an inspiring keynote presentation at the third International Conference on Global Food Security held in Cape Town this week.

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Sindy Peters
SOUTH AFRICA
#InnovationMonth: This simple solution rolls a long way in ensuring water access in rural communities

#InnovationMonth: This simple solution rolls a long way in ensuring water access in rural communities
[Sindy Peters] More than 20 years since its inception, the low-tech Hippo Roller continues to have a profound impact on communities facing water insecurity...

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Sindy Peters
SOUTH AFRICA
#CSIMonth: CSI is not a nice-to-have, it's a necessity in SA

#CSIMonth: CSI is not a nice-to-have, it's a necessity in SA
[Sindy Peters] The Tiger Brands Foundation recently served its 50-millionth meal...

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Sindy Peters
SOUTH AFRICA
#AUW2017: Water conservation - what's love got to do with it?

Justin Friedman, founder of For the Love of Water (FLOW)
Justin Friedman, founder of For the Love of Water (FLOW)
[Sindy Peters] Justin Friedman, founder of For the Love of Water (FLOW), chaired and opened the keynote session on the second day of the 2017 African Utility Week...

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Sindy Peters
SOUTH AFRICA
#ChivasVenture: I-Drop Water to compete for share in $1m funding

#ChivasVenture: I-Drop Water to compete for share in $1m funding
[Sindy Peters] James Steere, cofounder of I-Drop Water, is the South African winner in Chivas Regal's The Venture III...

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