Brian Nell News Today

On World Hunger Day, a South African NPO warns the hunger crisis is growing, and flag multiple ills that accompany child neglect and abuse.

From cocktails and a glitzy casino event on a yacht, rounded off with fine dining and late-night drinks, to a budget braai in the company parking lot, corporate year-end bashes this year have ranged from the luxurious to strictly low-budget affairs.

The 38th Annual Adams County 4-H/FFA Junior Livestock Sale took place July during the South Mountain Fair near Arendtsville.

Food insecurity reaches “catastrophic famine” levels in 20 hotspots as calls for urgent humanitarian action calls are disregarded by the international community.

The World Health Organization has classified South Africa’s hunger problem as a crisis. While the country is a signatory to the UN Sustainable Development Goals that put the eradication of hunger by 2030 as goal number two, pre-pandemic South Africa was not on track to achieve this. Now, Covid-19 has set it even further back on the path. Maverick Citizen spoke to three NGOs working to eradicate hunger in South Africa and got their assessment on the crisis facing the country, as well as what t...

Desperation to feed their families no matter the cost has pushed many Johannesburg residents to dangerous or illegal jobs. A street vendor in Doornfontein, Claudia Matsi (31) said she has been operating without a permit since March 2020, selling avocados, peanuts, sweets and masks. It is her only hope to feed and school her three children in Inhambane, Mozambique. She was a domestic worker earning R3,000 before she lost her job during the lockdown. As a vendor Matsi makes  R100 per day, R150 o...