Latest news“We have to borrow money from loan sharks to buy food” 10 Apr 2025 Read more The collaboration between FoodForward South Africa (FFSA), Stellenbosch University, and the Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a story of serendipity, shared purpose, and a commitment to making a tangible impact on South Africa's food security landscape. 6 Mar 2025 Read more The rising cost of living in South Africa is placing severe strain on millions of households as they struggle to put food on the table and pay for necessary expenses like transport, electricity, and other basic needs. 11 Feb 2025 Read more South Africa is currently confronting a significant crisis in food safety, with more than 890 reported cases of foodborne illnesses and 22 tragic child fatalities this year alone, prompting the government to declare a national disaster. In response, authorities are implementing urgent measures to enhance food safety across the nation, including mandatory registration of food-handling facilities, intensified inspections, rapid food testing, and public education initiatives. 19 Dec 2024 Read more On the first Saturday of November each year, South Africa celebrates Children’s Day, and on 20 November, globally, we commemorate World Children’s Day. These special days are used to highlight children’s rights, and the progress made towards the realisation of these rights. 8 Nov 2024 Read more Foodbanks may have started out as altruistic charitable non-profit organisations that distributed food to those who have difficulty purchasing enough to avoid hunger, but they have long since evolved to become key strategic partners in tackling some of the world’s most urgent challenges – food insecurity, malnutrition and climate change. 8 Oct 2024 Read more Food is a fundamental human right and essential for health and well-being. Although so much time, effort and resources go into making our food, more than one-third of all the food that is produced in South Africa is lost or wasted every year across our food system. Along with food waste, we face challenges relating to food and nutrition insecurity, as well as economic and environmental impacts. According to the United Nations, food systems provide livelihoods for at least four billion people and are the backbone of many communities and countries. 10 Sep 2024 Read more In July 2024 the United Nations (UN) released their annual report on the State of Food and Nutrition Security in the World. The report notes that “Conflict, climate variability and extremes, economic slowdowns and downturns, lack of access to and unaffordability of healthy diets, unhealthy food environments, and high and persistent inequality continue to drive food insecurity and malnutrition all over the world.” 13 Aug 2024 Read more The same food system that is feeding our population is also destroying our fragile planet. Food loss and waste is the third largest emitter of greenhouse gasses, accounting for around 10% of all global greenhouse gas emissions. The environmental and climate impacts of our food system are severe and becoming increasingly apparent. 15 Jul 2024 Read more In the past decade we have seen an increase in climate-related disasters globally and specifically across South Africa. 24 Jun 2024 Read more FoodForward SA (FFSA) has secured a mass donation of potatoes until the end of harvest season in October / November, equating to 3,840 tons which will provide over 15 million meals across the country. 21 Jun 2024 Read more The escalating crisis of household food insecurity affecting an estimated 30 million people demands immediate attention from the South African government. In response to this pressing issue, experts and stakeholders are urging the urgent formation of the long-awaited Food and Nutrition Security Council and the provision of catalytic funding to drive sustainable solutions. 21 May 2024 Read more Escalating household food insecurity experienced by an estimated 30 million people should be treated as a national crisis, requiring urgent action from government. 13 May 2024 Read more A humanitarian crisis can be defined as an event or series of events that represents a critical threat to the health, safety, security or wellbeing of a community or other large groups of people, usually over a wide area. 11 Apr 2024 Read more What initially started out as an idea in 2000 (as FeedBack Food Redistribution) to recover edible excess food from Cape Town’s film industry, morphed to become a national reality in 2009 (as FoodBank SA), and today, FoodForward SA (renamed in 2017) is the largest food redistribution organisation on the continent of Africa. 19 Mar 2024 Read more This year marks the 30th anniversary of South Africa’s first democratic elections. I specifically use the work 'marks' instead of celebrates, because there is very little to celebrate and much to bemoan. 16 Feb 2024 Read more Millions of children across South Africa grow up so disadvantaged from the day that they are born that it is virtually impossible for them to claw their way out of poverty, given the complex dimensions of poverty that severely impact people’s lives. 20 Nov 2023 Read more Today, 29 September, as we mark the United Nations' (UN) World Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, it is crucial that we simultaneously reflect on the state of food (in)security and (mal)nutrition in South Africa. 29 Sep 2023 Read more My first day at FoodForward SA (then FoodBank SA) was quite memorable. I started in August 2013 with an overwhelming excitement to be part of a national organisation that promoted the recovery of edible surplus food from the food system to make sure that every person in South Africa had access to food, and to make a contribution to end hunger and malnutrition. I was eager to learn more, and I had several ideas to add value and advance the cause of food security across South Africa using foodbanking as a model. 1 Sep 2023 Read more There is more than enough pessimism across South Africa as we deal with multiple crises - load shedding, escalating food prices, higher interest rates, frustration with widespread government corruption and incompetence, and rampant crime to name just a few. 27 Jun 2023 Read more
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