Over the past year and a half, Maverick Citizen has been investigating and writing about the often under-reported area of Food Justice, which covers issues of realising the right to food, food systems, food literacy, big food industry interference in food regulations and the detrimental health impact that ultra-processed foods have on people as well as the health system.
The podcast features discussions with industry experts and will be hosted by Maverick Citizen journalist Zukiswa Pikoli.
A Recipe for Change: government and civil society in conversation about combatting food insecurity Part 2
Maverick Citizen editor, Zukiswa Pikoli, is back in conversation with the Gauteng MEC of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vuyiswa Ramokgopa, and founder of SA Harvest, Alan Browde about the impact of stunting on a country and the economy, how we have allowed the rates of stunting to remain the same, a heartbreaking story about school gardens, and the importance of the national school nutritional programme, the women bearing the brunt of hunger, and food waste.
16 Jun 2026
A Recipe for Change: government and civil society in conversation about combatting food insecurity Part 1
Maverick Citizen editor, Zukiswa Pikoli is in in conversation with the Gauteng MEC of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vuyiswa Ramokgopa, and founder of SA Harvest, Alan Browde about the catastrophe of stunting in children and food vulnerability, the obligations of the Constitution, what can be done by government to intervene, the high rate of city food security, and system change.
9 Jun 2026
Mind, Body, Market - the journey to creating an alternative grocery system
Gary Jackson, owner of the grocery stores and eateries, Jackson’s Real Food Market and Eatery joins Maverick Citizen editor, Zukiswa Pikoli, to talk about his journey in the food industry - from working in fast food to focusing on an alternative grocery store system based on healthy organic foods - and his mending of his mind and body.
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