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Brittany Kesselman, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Cape Town

South Africans have starkly unequal access to a healthy diet - the solution requires tackling deep-seated historical injustice

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South Africa has a food crisis. The food system - made up of all of the activities and actors involved in the production, processing, transportation, selling, consumption and disposal of food - produces starkly unequal access to nutritious foods.

As a result, many households in the country cannot afford a healthy diet, 27% of children under five are stunted, and the prevalence of diet-related diseases is rising rapidly.

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