A study by the University of the Western Cape is trying to gauge if South Africa’s new sugar tax has persuaded consumers to cut back on sugary drinks.
Remembered: UWC’s Emeritus Professor David Sanders, hailed as a pioneer of public health and champion of economic and social justice in South Africa, has died.
The effects of climate change on food security are not evenly distributed across the globe. So said Professor Ndiko Ludidi, acting director of the Centre of Excellence in Food Security, during his presentation at the Bio Africa Convention 2019, underway at the Durban International Convention Centre.
It was mangoes that, by way of plant pathology, first steered Tintswalo Baloyi in the direction of food safety.
Loandi Richter describes, almost dismissively, her love of music as no more than a hobby, but that nonchalance belies her not-insignificant musical achievements.
To raise awareness about the ‘invisible crisis’ of hunger and food security among students at tertiary institutions in South Africa, the Dullah Omar Institute (DOI) at the University of the Western Cape (UWC), in collaboration with the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Food Security, today presented a petition to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC).
It’s a popular stereotype that governments revel in siloes.
That its officials operate in the single-minded pursuit of only their own key performance indicators. That departments barely speak to each other even when – or perhaps especially when – they are ostensibly working towards the same goals.
Thabang Msimango is one of the young women conducting cutting-edge research into food safety at the University of Pretoria.
Time to pay attention to hunger among South Africa’s students
Hunger among university students ranges between 30% to 65%, costing not just the individual students, but also the institutions and the country, writes Oluwafunmilola Adeniyi.