Zimbabwe’s food insecurity is not just about food production, but access too. It is affected by, among others, the value of assets when sold and social and cultural dimensions that go into exchange.
Many Zimbabweans have turned to hawking to keep the wolf from the door as the economic crisis in the country deepens.
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South Africa’s rural communities where mining licenses have been granted are often excluded from consultations and bear the brunt having their environment and livelihoods destroyed.
Children play in a cabbage patch near their home in Modderspruit, near Rustenburg, South Africa.
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Ramaphosa offered five simple yet bold goals for the next ten years that cut across the social and economic structural constraints that inhibit South Africa’s potential.
Villagers till their fields in South Africa’s North West Province. Access to land for small holder farmers remains unresolved.
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Ramaphosa’s stimulus package is more interesting for what it says about the politics of economic decision making than for its likely impact on the economy.
Support for land redistribution tends to be stronger among economically disadvantaged South Africans.
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