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Non-starter: The Greater Lanseria Master Plan in 2020 outlined a city that intended to house between 350 000 and 500 000 people. Yet there is not much to show other than large areas of open land and growing informal settlements. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Taking stock of Ramaphosa’s promises

The Lanseria smart city remains a dream and hunger, unemployment and crime continue to be high but there has been progress in Eskom’s turnaround

  • Eyaaz
7 min read
Despite producing enough food, South Africa is experiencing a deepening hunger crisis. (Madelene Cronje)

Editorial: Hunger in the land of plenty

Despite producing enough food, South Africa is experiencing a deepening hunger crisis. New research shows that even households receiving food aid are skipping meals — and children are going hungry

  • Eyaaz
2 min read
Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by the war in the DRC. Photo: WFP/Michael Castofas

Displaced again: People flee fear, hunger as violence grips eastern DRC

Urgent diplomatic interventions are needed as the second largest city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo falls to M23

4 min read
President Cyril Ramaphosa

South Africa’s G20 presidency will focus on climate change and Africa’s development problems

The focus would also be on Africa’s high debt levels, financing the just energy transition and the strategic use of critical minerals

  • Eyaaz
3 min read
What is the government doing in terms of hunger relief and food waste? The short answer is nowhere near enough. (Photo by Dino Lloyd/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Twenty million South Africans face hunger every day

Yet the amount of food that goes into landfills is enough to end hunger in the country

  • Eyaaz
4 min read
Despite producing enough food, South Africa is experiencing a deepening hunger crisis. (Madelene Cronje)

Confront injustice by fighting against hunger in South Africa

Despite constitutional promises, millions continue to suffer from hunger and malnutrition, perpetuating cycles of poverty and inequality

  • Des Erasmus
3 min read