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Poor South African households can’t afford nutritious food – what can be done

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par Adrino Mazenda, Senior Researcher, Associate Professor Economic Management Sciences, University of Pretoria

Food insecurity is a feature of life for millions of South Africans. Food insecurity refers to a lack of regular access to enough safe and nutritious food for average growth and development and an active and healthy life. This may be due to unavailability of food or a lack of resources to buy it.

The extent of this was recently mapped by the Human Sciences Research Council. For example, in Gauteng province, South Africa’s economic powerhouse, 51%…

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