South Africa: Preventing Stunting - - Lessons From a Western Cape Maternal Health Pilot

Stunting in children remains an invisible crisis in SA, but a new pilot is offering a holistic approach that supports both mother and child. Read more »

South Africa: War On Hunger As Civil Society Takes On 'Organised Economic Violence'

Thirty children die from malnutrition every day in South Africa. This week, the Union Against Hunger set out to say that this is not just a tragedy to mourn, but an act of unlawful… Read more »

South Africa: Living With the Spectre of Hunger - - Voices of Malnutrition From SA's Impoverished Households

In March, the South African Human Rights Commission held an inquiry into South Africa's food systems. It heard from submissions that South Africa produces enough food to feed the… Read more »

South Africa: Cape Nutrition Programme Puts Its Best Food Forward for At-Risk Moms and Their Children

FoodForward SA's mother-and-child nutrition programme is aimed at pregnant women and kids under five in vulnerable communities in the Western and Eastern Cape, providing critical… Read more »

South Africa: Ozempic, Wegovy and the R33bn Bill That Is SA's Obesity Time Bomb

Obesity is a big driver of healthcare spending in South Africa, yet most medical schemes still limit cover for effective treatments. The gap between the scale of the problem and… Read more »

South Africa: Confronting SA's Hunger Emergency - - From Constitutional Rights to Empty Plates

South Africa's Constitution guarantees the right to food, yet children are still dying from malnutrition in the Eastern Cape. Bureaucratic failure, systemic inequality and… Read more »

South Africa: Ruling Against Ad About Danger of Fizzy Drinks 'Strikes At the Heart of Public Health Advocacy'

'I do not believe a reasonable person would interpret the advert as suggesting that a single sip of a sugary beverage directly causes diabetes or other NCDs [noncommunicable… Read more »

South Africa: More Than Two Dozen Children Have Starved to Death in Nelson Mandela Bay in the Past Year

Alarmingly, the numbers have almost doubled since 2023, when 14 children under the age of five starved to death in Nelson Mandela Bay. Read more »

South Africa: Nestlé to 'Evolve' Nutrition and Reporting After Investor Criticism of Healthy Food Targets

The Global Access to Nutrition Index 2024 by ATNi found that of product sales, only 32.7% are from healthier Nestlé products. Read more »