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#SAFoodCrisis
Scary numbers
These statistics show the extent to
which SA has a food crisis, an
unemployment crisis and an
economic crisis. In short, we can!t
afford to feed ourselves, and the State
can!t afford to look after us.
*This is the second in a series of
Comments and commentary articles
that will lay bare just how dire our
situation is. By publisher, Pete Bower
T
he term “food
security” has become
well-known in the
debate around South Africa's
food industry. As a country
we are supposed to be food
secure, ie there is enough to
go round to feed the nation.
But, as the numbers below
will show, at lower levels ~ at
an individual level, even ~
South Africans are anything
but food secure.
And the numbers are just one
of the aspects we wish to
highlight in our series of
articles we're dubbing
#SAFoodCrisis, that will
paint you a picture of a
widespread and worsening
situation that is, we believe,
the most critical issue facing
modern South Africa.
Where to begin? Let's start by
pointing