South Africa: Mandela Day - Food Gardens to Combat Hunger

Active citizenship initiative Lead SA is partnering with the African Children's Feeding Scheme, Johannesburg City Parks and Zoo and the Dis-Chem Foundation to facilitate Mandela Day events geared at teaching South Africans how to plant and maintain their own vegetable gardens.

"Too many South Africans go to sleep hungry every day with no idea what they will eat the next morning," Lead SA's Terry Volkwyn said in a statement on Wednesday.

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