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How FoodForward SA's digital tech tackles climate challenges and enhances food access in South Africa

ESG & Sustainability

How FoodForward SA's digital tech tackles climate challenges and enhances food access in South Africa

Andy du Plessis, Issued by FoodForward SA 12 hours

Addressing household food insecurity: Forming the Food Security Council now

ESG & Sustainability

Addressing household food insecurity: Forming the Food Security Council now

Andy du Plessis, Issued by FoodForward SA 13 May 2024

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Property

Sustainable redistribution of land remains crucial to human rights in South Africa, as political parties jostle for voter support

Peter Setou 27 Mar 2024

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Finance

South Africa's economic crisis deepens: Recession looms

Katja Hamilton 6 Dec 2023

Intelligent farming is transforming agriculture. Source: Supplied

Agriculture

How intelligent farming can boost productivity and profits

Marius Wessels 30 Aug 2023

UK sets out support to make Nigeria's agriculture sector more climate- resilient

Agriculture

UK sets out support to make Nigeria's agriculture sector more climate- resilient

Muvija M and MacDonald Dzirutwe 1 Aug 2023

The Institute for Economic Justice and #PayTheGrants campaign have launched an application in the Pretoria High Court against what they say are exclusionary regulations for the R350 grant. Archive photo: Masego Mafata / GroundUp

ESG & Sustainability

Conditions for R350-a-month grant to be challenged in court

Daniel Steyn 28 Jul 2023

Voices of the poor: "We have no choice but to borrow money from loan sharks to survive"

ESG & Sustainability

Voices of the poor: "We have no choice but to borrow money from loan sharks to survive"

Andy du Plessis, Issued by FoodForward SA 10 May 2023

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Finance

Budget Justice Coalition is concerned about rising inequality in a time of disaster

21 Feb 2023

1 in 3 children living in food poverty: Food waste vs child wasting food donations policy for SA is critical

ESG & Sustainability

1 in 3 children living in food poverty: Food waste vs child wasting food donations policy for SA is critical

Issued by FoodForward SA 9 Nov 2022

Finance

Food price inflation pushes millions into poverty - the time to act is now

2 Mar 2022

Andy Du Plessis, managing director of FoodForward SA. Source: Supplied

ESG & Sustainability

Food justice must be realised for people to be truly free

Andy du Plessis 11 Nov 2021

5 key reasons why basic income support for poor South Africans makes sense

ESG & Sustainability

5 key reasons why basic income support for poor South Africans makes sense

Stephen Devereux 2 Aug 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused some 85,000 deaths among South Africans over 60. Image: NIAID-RML (CC BY 2.0)

Healthcare

Nearly 85,000 older South Africans have probably died from Covid-19

James Stent 26 Jan 2021

We have enough food to feed everyone, yet the food deficit is widening

ESG & Sustainability

We have enough food to feed everyone, yet the food deficit is widening

Andy Du Plessis 17 Nov 2020

#SUSASummit: Anand Murthy speaks on radical affordable housing

Marketing & Media

#SUSASummit: Anand Murthy speaks on radical affordable housing

16 Oct 2020

Do More Foundation sets ambitious target for World Food Day 2020

ESG & Sustainability

Do More Foundation sets ambitious target for World Food Day 2020

7 Oct 2020

South Africa needs better food price controls to shield poor people from Covid-19 fallout

Retail

South Africa needs better food price controls to shield poor people from Covid-19 fallout

Ihsaan Bassier, Refiloe Joala and Thando Vilakazi 14 Aug 2020

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Retail

FLM campaign dents SA's deepening hunger crisis

Lauren Hartzenberg 7 Aug 2020

Alvaro Pereira, OECD Economics Department Country Studies director

Finance

Covid-19 pandemic raises the urgency of structural reforms

31 Jul 2020

Covid-19: 'We are facing a humanitarian crisis like never before' - Breadline Africa

ESG & Sustainability

Covid-19: 'We are facing a humanitarian crisis like never before' - Breadline Africa

Tariro Washinyira 11 Jun 2020

FoodForward SA exceeds R50m target, distributes over 12 million meals

ESG & Sustainability

FoodForward SA exceeds R50m target, distributes over 12 million meals

10 Jun 2020

Kagiso Media pledges R1m towards Covid-19 hunger relief

Marketing & Media

Kagiso Media pledges R1m towards Covid-19 hunger relief

Issued by Jacaranda FM 2 Jun 2020

South Africa has raised social grants: Why this shouldn't be a stop-gap measure

ESG & Sustainability

South Africa has raised social grants: Why this shouldn't be a stop-gap measure

Christopher Webb and Natasha Vally 11 May 2020

AME Awards announces 2020 finalists

Marketing & Media

AME Awards announces 2020 finalists

4 May 2020

Social grants provide an important cushion amid poverty in South Africa. shutterstock

ESG & Sustainability

What some entrepreneurial welfare beneficiaries do to improve their lives

12 Sep 2019

Is zero hunger by 2030 achievable given the huge challenges we face?

ESG & Sustainability

Is zero hunger by 2030 achievable given the huge challenges we face?

Andy Du Plessis 20 May 2019

New WWF report calls for radical overhaul of our food system

ESG & Sustainability

New WWF report calls for radical overhaul of our food system

19 Feb 2019

South African poverty levels have increased since 2011

ESG & Sustainability

South African poverty levels have increased since 2011

23 Aug 2017

How current measures underestimate the level of poverty in South Africa

ESG & Sustainability

How current measures underestimate the level of poverty in South Africa

Josh Budlender, Ingrid Woolard, Murray Leibbrandt 3 Sep 2015

Women battle more than men - Stats SA

Government

Women battle more than men - Stats SA

5 Jul 2013

We're overweight, unfit, unhealthy - and in denial

Healthcare

We're overweight, unfit, unhealthy - and in denial

9 Sep 2010