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Meals for children at a school in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images

February 27, 2025

Julian May, University of the Western Cape and Thokozani Simelane, Human Sciences Research Council

The link between household food insecurity and child malnutrition is stark: 28.8% of South African children under five suffer from stunting.

Traditional South African staple, pap or maize meal. An only meal in time of poverty. Aninka Bongers-Sutherland GettyImages

March 17, 2024

Thokozani Simelane, Human Sciences Research Council

South Africa’s national survey of food and nutrition security identifies the areas most in need.