The South African Human Rights Commission inquiry into food systems arrives at a critical juncture, offering a rare opportunity for a turning point, where no stomach goes to bed hungry or wakes up uncertain of their next meal
Hunger in the country persists not because the system is failing but because it is functioning according to a set of rules that reward scale, concentration and profit
Rebuilding a just system recognises that enduring solutions might lie in combining modern tools with older ethical frameworks grounded in reciprocity and collective responsibility
The Blue Book explicitly warned that the production of food by African people in excess of their own requirements was undesirable, ‘as it diminishes their incentive to labour’
This is why hunger cannot be addressed
through food parcels, feeding schemes or emergency relief alone
To turn the tide against malfunction in the public service, a radical shift towards habits that initiate a culture of care and interrelatedness is needed
The frictions that came to the fore at the march expose a need for forms of mobilisation independent of party politics
An otherwise anonymous young woman is invisibilized so that the public can retain its focus on the main subject, the former president
The ANC Women’s League’s decision to march in support of the supreme patriarch is ill considered.
