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Hunger and mental health: study looks at how families cope with food insecurity

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A recent study exploring the link between food insecurity and mental health found that coping strategies such as relying on less preferred foods or sending household members to beg for food were common.

Ina Skosana
April 17, 2024

Mother faces daily struggle for survival as food prices skyrocket

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Patricia Maluleke* is fraught with worry. The unemployed 29-year-old from Thohoyandou, in Limpopo, recently had a baby girl and it’s been a struggle. “My daughter is only four-months old, but I am already facing uncertainty whether I will be able…

Ndivhuwo Mukwevho
August 16, 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic has severely exacerbated child hunger and malnutrition in South Africa.

Child hunger: Growing scourge amid COVID-19 pandemic

Health, News

The COVID-19 pandemic has severely exacerbated child hunger and malnutrition, with millions of South African households reportedly running out of money to buy food during the hard lockdown last year.

LililtaG
August 31, 2021

#LockdownSA: Child hunger on the rise

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“The most painful feeling any parent can ever experience is to tell your children that there’s no food at home and there’s nothing you can do,” says 53-year-old Tendani Tseisi, a struggling father from Limpopo.