DStv Channel 403 Wednesday, 06 November 2024

Discussion | Malnutrition in SA | 30 billion meals wasted every year

JOHANNESBURG - SA Harvest is serving up solutions to South Africa's hunger crisis.

It says more than 20 million people are food insecure.

Around 27 percent of children under the age of five suffer from malnutrition and stunting.

Ironically, up to ten million tons of food is wasted annually, the equivalent of 30 billion meals.

SA Harvest is calling for laws and policies forcing supermarkets to donate unsold, but edible food.

The NPO's CEO Alan Browde has more.

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