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ANDY DU PLESSIS | SA has enough food — why are 18-million people starving?

Sowetan · 21 October 2026 at 09:35

ANDY DU PLESSIS | SA has enough food — why are 18-million people starving?

Getting food to the people who need it must be treated as essential work, not charity, writes Andy Du Plessis

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