The Inequity Behind Every Empty Plate:
South Africa’s Paradox of Plenty
South Africa faces the Paradox of Plenty: a nation that produces enough food to be nationally food-secure but where millions suffer from hunger and poor nutrition. This is not a shortage of food, but a failure of justice and systems, driven by unemployment, stagnant wages, and the unaffordability of nutritious staples. The core problem is structural access -not scarcity -with unequal outcomes patterned along deep fault lines of race, gender, and wealth.
The Inequity Behind Every Empty Plate:
South Africa’s Paradox of Plenty
South Africa faces the Paradox of Plenty: a nation that produces enough food to be nationally food-secure but where millions suffer from hunger and poor nutrition. This is not a shortage of food, but a failure of justice and systems, driven by unemployment, stagnant wages, and the unaffordability of nutritious staples. The core problem is structural access -not scarcity -with unequal outcomes patterned along deep fault lines of race, gender, and wealth.
Malnutrition Is a Mirror of Society
Chronic hunger is
born from economic
exclusion.
Stunting and wasting stem from structural poverty and limited access to Nutrition Care.
Rising obesity among low-income households reflects a broken food environment that pushes
cheap calories over nourishing diets.
By the Numbers: The Cost of a Broken System
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