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These articles are based on new research and contain careful analysis and argument with reference to other work in the field.

COVID -19 induced food security challenges in the urban periphery. A case of Mazowe District, Zimbabwe
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COVID -19 induced food security challenges in the urban periphery. A case of Mazowe District, Zimbabwe

This paper considers the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown on food and nutritional security in Mazowe District, Zimbabwe. Oshneck Mupepi…

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Food – Where private and public intersect
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Food – Where private and public intersect

By Angelo Fick Food represents the encounter between the private and the political, the individual and the world. Whether growing…

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Robertson’s Wine Farm Workers protest talk
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Robertson’s Wine Farm Workers protest talk

Robertson’s Wine Farm Workers protest talk, held at the Gender Equity Unit (Sept 2015).

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The Futures of Food: Panel Discussion
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The Futures of Food: Panel Discussion

The Futures of Food: Panel Discussion co-hosted with the CoE and the HSRC (5 July 2017).

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Violence, Hunger, and seeds of Care
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Violence, Hunger, and seeds of Care

By Sanelisiwe Nyaba and Haidee Swanby In 2020, when the Covid 19 pandemic struck, the South African government implemented some…

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“We Eat Sushi Now”: Targeting Hungry Students at South African Universities
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“We Eat Sushi Now”: Targeting Hungry Students at South African Universities

By Mary Hames and Desiree Lewis Media reports, research, and student support services are paying an increasing amount of attention…

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Corporate fast-food advertising targeting children in South Africa
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Corporate fast-food advertising targeting children in South Africa

By Desiree Lewis, Sheetal Bhoola, and Lynn Mafofo The health implications of children’s increasing consumption of fast foods have been…

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Invisible Urban Farmers and a Next Season of Hunger
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Invisible Urban Farmers and a Next Season of Hunger

Participatory Co-research during Lockdown in Cape Town, South Africa By Nomonde Buthelezi, Razack Karriem, Stefanie Lemke, Nicole Paganini,Silke Stöber, and…

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Food through the lens of Covid-19
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Food through the lens of Covid-19

By Dr. Sheetal Bhoola Dr. Sheetal Bhoola reflects on the ways that the pandemic has revealed inequity in South Africa,…

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Zifunyanwa ngabatheni? Parcelling out food during the South African lockdown
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Zifunyanwa ngabatheni? Parcelling out food during the South African lockdown

By Sivuyisiwe Veronica Wonci Sivuyisiwe Veronica Wonci critically reflects on her experience with food parcels during COVID19 in Plettenberg Bay…

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