WORLD FOOD DAY OP-ED: Malnutrition and hunger take hold in SA – a land of plenty where political will is lacking

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WORLD FOOD DAY OP-ED: Malnutrition and hunger take hold in SA – a land of plenty where political will is lacking
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Despite being an upper-middle-income country, hunger is widespread in South Africa and is related to the triple challenges of poverty, unemployment, and inequality.

in the agriculture sector, with wider knock-on implications in towns and communities in these regions, but it is under-reported in the media and unnoticed in government policy framings. Seasonal farm workers register higher levels of food insecurity in the winter months when they have no agricultural work, under.

the state must take reasonable legislative and other measures, within its available resources, to achieve the progressive realisation of each of these rightsAs mandated duty-bearer, the state is ultimately responsible for ensuring that no person in a country goes hungry: “”. If the state is not delivering on the constitutional right of every child to “basic nutrition”, why is this? Possible explanations include: lack of resources ; lack of capacity ; lack of political will .

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