The choice to group farm workers and domestic workers together in the minimum wage negotiations was “a tactical decision” and…
We are people without food because we are seasonal workers, said Bettie Fortuin. The generous meals served to farm workers…
Farm workers will be the experts in the room at the upcoming national conference on The Future of Farm Workers…
The people who produce the food that we eat in South Africa are most likely to go hungry. Some people think that this issue can only be resolved by redistributing land. Others think that wages must improve.
More than a third of students at universities in South Africa are suffering from what is being described as a hidden hunger crisis. Once their fees are paid, there is little money left to pay for accommodation or to buy food.
Farm workers face a systematic backlash by farmers whenever progressive legislation is introduced to protect and advance workers’ rights
Farm workers face a systematic backlash by farmers whenever progressive legislation is introduced to protect and advance workers’ rights. Image…
Shop assistant in secured spaza outlet, Philippi, Cape Town 2018. Image credit: J Patrick. A new report on retail competition…
Food insecurity at tertiary institutions is aptly described as “the skeleton in universities’ cupboards” because it receives so little attention….
The choice to group farm workers and domestic workers together in the minimum wage negotiations was “a tactical decision” and…
We are people without food because we are seasonal workers, said Bettie Fortuin. The generous meals served to farm workers…
Farm workers will be the experts in the room at the upcoming national conference on The Future of Farm Workers…
(MSc) Safety of ready-to-eat baby vegetables An opportunity to join the Fresh Produce Food Safety Research group of Professor Lise…
Farm workers are an integral part of South Africa’s economy economy and the food system. Yet they are often food…
One in four children in South Africa remain stunted, despite a comprehensive social grant system, according to research by the…
UWC delegation attending the Newton Fund Research Chairs Symposia South Africa and the United Kingdom will showcase the activities of…
Degracious Kgoale had to do a lot of fieldwork for her PhD research, but it is in the lab that…
Unlike most of her peers in the food safety research group at the University of Pretoria (UP), Manana Dlangalala didn’t…
The people who produce the food that we eat in South Africa are most likely to go hungry. Some people think that this issue can only be resolved by redistributing land. Others think that wages must improve.
More than a third of students at universities in South Africa are suffering from what is being described as a hidden hunger crisis. Once their fees are paid, there is little money left to pay for accommodation or to buy food.
Farm workers face a systematic backlash by farmers whenever progressive legislation is introduced to protect and advance workers’ rights
It is time to take a much more careful look at supermarkets which use their market and corporate power to push smaller players and SMMEs — South African and foreign-owned — out of South Africa’s township economy.
Food insecurity at tertiary institutions is aptly described as `the skeleton in universities` cupboards` because it receives so little attention. Those in higher education are assumed to be an elite whose minimum basic needs are met. But a study of 34 colleges and uni- versities in the US found that 48% of students experience food insecurity, and 22% hunger.
To see if the current levy is indeed changing how much sugary beverages South Africans drink, researchers at the Centre of Excellence in Food Security are conducting a survey in the Langa community in the Western Cape.
Food insecurity at tertiary institutions is aptly described as `the skeleton in universities` cup- boards` because it receives so little attention. Those in higher education are assumed to be an elite whose minimum basic needs are met. But a study of 34 colleges and universities in the U.S. found that 48% of students experience food insecurity, and 22% hunger.
The few studies on food insecurity at South African tertiary institutions show an alarming picture that mirrors the social divisions bedevilling the country. At the University of the Free State 64.5% of students are food insecure.
Food insecurity at tertiary institutions is aptly described as “the skeleton in universities’ cupboards” because it receives so little attention. Those in higher education are assumed to be an elite whose minimum basic needs are met.
Farm workers face a systematic backlash by farmers whenever progressive legislation is introduced to protect and advance workers’ rights. Image…
Shop assistant in secured spaza outlet, Philippi, Cape Town 2018. Image credit: J Patrick. A new report on retail competition…
Food insecurity at tertiary institutions is aptly described as “the skeleton in universities’ cupboards” because it receives so little attention….
To address a lack of awareness and stimulate deliberations supporting more democratic urban food planning and governance, PLAAS and researchers…
widening the scope of knowledge production is an essential role that universities can play in creating knowledge democracy. Image from…
Student restaurants in Brazil began in the 1950s and evolved with the expansion of universities ever since. University restaurants were…
We take it for granted that university students are the least likely to go hungry. Why would they? After all,…
Farm workers are essential to the economy and food system, but they are poor and vulnerable to exploitation and abuse….
Children play in a cabbage patch near their home in Modderspruit, near Rustenburg, South Africa. EFE-EPA/Halden Krog Over half…
Farm workers are an integral component of the economy and the food system in South Africa. Yet they are invariably poor, food insecure, marginalised and vulnerable to exploitation. Pro-farm worker legislation since 1994 has provided some protection, but it has also been associated with violations of labour rights and an accelerating pace of evictions and casualisation. Moreover, because agricultural employment is concentrated at specific times of year, seasonal farm workers face an under-reported crisis of underemployment and seasonal hunger.
Food, Pleasure and Poison in Cape Town: A response to World Food Day.
“The humanities in food studies” is a mini-conference hosted by the Critical Food Studies Programme: Transdisciplinary Humanities Approaches