Food insecurity is an intractable problem in South Africa. The country has a tradition of
evidence-based decision making, grounded in the findings of national surveys. However …

Over the past few years, food insecurity has been increasing globally due to the COVID-19
pandemic, climate change, economic downturns and conflict and a number of other …

Background: Rising food prices can have a devastating effect on the health of poor
households by making it more difficult for them to afford basic food baskets. Although South …

In semi-arid Africa, food insecurity is a seasonal experience, with the gradient of severity
increasing from harvest and peaking during the lean season. This seasonality makes food …

Global food prices rose substantially after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper
examines the impact of rising food prices during the pandemic on food security in Burkina …

The climate crisis presents us with a historic opportunity because to solve it we need radical
transformative change in how we produce, consume and organise our lives. It is in this …

Abstract The Stellenbosch University Food Security Initiative provides a platform on which a
range of research projects has been developed, spanning different faculties and …

This article focuses on the activities of a modest feminist initiative called “The Feminist
Table.” Established in 2012, it is one of a number of initiatives trying to develop grassroots …

Feminist perspectives on care have demonstrated how capitalism undervalues care work.
The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted this further, as systems of production and social …

The current development impasse in South Africa has incited public debate and analysis.
Many commentators have traced its origins to the transition during the early 1990s and …