The Youth Against Hunger (YAH) Indaba brought together students, unemployed youth, activists, and volunteers. Photo Ihsaan Haffejee/CoE-FS. For some young people,…
RE-ADVERTISEMENT: Science Communication Internship (NQF Level 8) Duration: Two years (1 September 2026 – 30 August 2028) Location: Bellville, Cape…
Njabulo Mncwabe’s research has been a journey into understanding and supporting local food systems in Umbumbulu, KZN, highlighting the resilience…
Dr Busiso Moyo is a postdoctoral researcher with Union Against Hunger (UAH) founder-member, the DSTI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food…
The Youth Against Hunger (YAH) Indaba brought together students, unemployed youth, activists, and volunteers. Photo Ihsaan Haffejee/CoE-FS. For some young people,…
RE-ADVERTISEMENT: Science Communication Internship (NQF Level 8) Duration: Two years (1 September 2026 – 30 August 2028) Location: Bellville, Cape…
Njabulo Mncwabe’s research has been a journey into understanding and supporting local food systems in Umbumbulu, KZN, highlighting the resilience…
Researchers, civil society representatives, industry partners and government officials gathered in Cape Town for the FAMA Closing Workshop, to reflect…
Dr Sami Ali graduated with a PhD in Food Science from CoE-FS co-host institution, the University of Pretoria, where his…
Read the article on Day 1 of the “Symposium on Food Prices and Affordability in South Africa” here. Photo Madelene…
A/Prof Marc Wegerif, CoE-FS principal investigator, served as facilitator for the symposium. Photo Madelene Cronje/CoE-FS. Rising food prices, deepening food…
Photo RDNE Stock project/Pexels. Prospective new applicants (Honours, Master’s and Doctoral) are advised that the Department of Science, Technology and…
Two CoE-FS PIs, Prof Rina Swart and Prof Naushad Emmambux, and two CoE-FS affiliated researchers, Prof Mary Scholes and Prof…
Originally published by the University of Pretoria. UP’s Professor Lise Korsten has hit the ground running as the new and first female president of the African Academy of Sciences. The pan-African body, established in 1985 with the primary goal of promoting science, technology, and innovation on the African continent, has a new governance line-up headed by Prof Korsten, who won the hotly contested election for the presidential post. “I must be honest, I did not think I was going to get elected,” said Prof Korsten, who is a Professor in Plant Pathology and Co-Director of the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security. “This is a very challenging position that will require extensive networking building relations with various stakeholders and creating new partnerships. To champion change I will need to, as a priority, realign, re-focus, recharge, and redeploy people and committees, and redesign structures and systems that will take us into a very new, exciting, but different future.” She said she is honoured at being handed such a big responsibility. “It is about the African continent, and it is all about timing. The time is now for Africa to rise, and the opportunities are enormous if we are ready to explore these. The Governing Council will have to accelerate our pace of transformation and adjustment to catch the waves of opportunity, otherwise, Africa will miss the boat and not rise to the occasion. We should not be left behind and should lead the way because the next century will bring significant changes and opportunities. The Academy will need to grow, invest in, and nurture our youth and particularly our female scientists because it is our biggest asset.” Read the article, in full, here.
Professor Julian May is the Director of the DSTI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security (CoE-FS), and holds the UNESCO…
Dr Busiso Moyo is a postdoctoral researcher with Union Against Hunger (UAH) founder-member, the DSTI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food…
COP28’s commitment to transforming farming and food systems is an insult to Africans Florian Kroll, University of the Western Cape Globally,…
Fruit vendor in Church street, Johannesburg, South Africa. Photo: Ossewa/Wikimedia Commons. When Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) released the consumer…
Dr Nazeeia Sayed and her daughter on a work trip. Photo Supplied. By Dr Nazeeia Sayed, Researcher, School of Public…
A message from residents in Touwsrivier to local government. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks/CoE-FS. This article was originally published by the Institute…
The right to food: activism and litigation are shifting the dial in South Africa A recent court case forced the Department…
Food security ‘experts’ don’t have all the answers: community knowledge is key Professor Julian May examining food supplies in the home…
#FoodIndaba2026: Food, water and the return of the Vlei Princess
Professor Julian May is the Director of the DSTI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security (CoE-FS), and holds the UNESCO…