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Call For Urgent Action to Address Food Insecurity in South Africa

The FW de Klerk Foundation is gravely concerned about the escalating food insecurity crisis in South Africa, as highlighted by the National Food and Nutrition Security Survey.

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Issued by Ismail Joosub on behalf of the FW de Klerk Foundation:

The FW de Klerk Foundation is gravely concerned about the escalating food insecurity crisis in South Africa, as highlighted by the National Food and Nutrition Security Survey (“NFNSS”). With approximately 20 million people — 63% of households — experiencing food insecurity, the situation represents, not only a humanitarian crisis, but a profound governance and constitutional challenge.

Section 27(1)(b) of the Constitution guarantees the right of every South African to access sufficient food and water. The fact that 17% of households are critically undernourished is an alarming violation of this right. The NFNSS findings show that many South Africans are forced to reduce meal sizes or skip meals altogether, which contravenes the government’s constitutional obligations to safeguard citizens’ basic human rights.

Ismail Joosub, Manager of Constitutional….continue reading this article HERE.

 

 

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  1. Thanks for this post – I have had a great time visiting your site and find myself now wanting to physically visit South Africa. Well Done!

  2. Van der Merwe is approached by SANRAL one day who want to build a new highway through his donkey farm. Van is really concerned with how his donkeys can get from one side of the farm to the other without having to cross the highway and risk being injured or killed. He is promised that they will build bridges the highway so that his donkeys can cross under the highway. Van agrees and gives them the go-ahead.

    The highway is built and a year later the same rep goes to the farm to go see how Van and his donkeys are. He eventually finds Van under one of these bridges chipping away at the roof of the tunnel with a hammer and chisel.

    \”Mnr Van de Merwe, what are you doing damaging the highway bridge?\”