Lubhalwe nguDylan Bettencourt
IFoodForward SA kanye neNyuvesi yaseKapa baxoxisane nemizi engu-796 ehlala ithola usizo lokudla eNingizimu Afrika yonkana.
Ucwaningo luthole ukuthi iningi lezingane lihlala ezindlini ezingenakho ukudla, imindeni isuke yeqa ukudla futhi ihlale izinsuku ingadlile.
Ucwaningo olusha luthole ukuthi indlala ayiyona inkinga eqhubekayo emindenini yaseNingizimu Afrika edonsa kanzima. Kuyisimo esihlezi sikhona futhi esiba sibi kakhulu.
Lolu cwaningo luqhamuka ebudlelwaneni bezinyanga ezingu-18 phakathi kweFoodForward SA (FFSA) kanye neSouthern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (Saldru) eNyuvesi yaseKapa.
Abacwaningi benze izingxoxo zobuso nobuso nezinhloko zemizi kumakhaya angu-796 ahlale ethola ukudla ngoxhaxha lwezinhlangano ze-FFSA ezweni lonke. Baphinde babamba amaqembu abantu abathola iminikelo yokudla eMitchells Plain ngaphandle kweKapa.
Ucwaningo lusebenzise amathuluzi ahlonishwa umhlaba wonke, okuhlanganisa ne-UN Food and Agriculture Organisation’s Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES).
Okutholakele kubonisa ukuthi ukuntuleka kokudla kuyanda, kubi kakhulu futhi kuyaphikelela, ngisho nalapho izinhlelo zokusiza sezivele zikhona.
Izingane zithwele kanzima. Izingane eziningi zihlala emakhaya angenakho ukudla ngokusesilinganisweni.
Omunye umama oseqenjini okugxilwe kulo uthe: “Kumele ngitshele izingane zami ukuthi akukho ukudla namuhla ebusuku. Abaqondi ukuthi kungani, futhi bavele baqale ukukhala.
Emiphakathini enganakiwe, ngaphezu kuka-60% wemali engenayo yasekhaya iya ekukhokheleni izikweletu. Lokhu kushiya imindeni inamandla amancane okubhekana nokukhuphuka kwezindleko zokudla.
Njengoba ukuntuleka kokudla kuya ngokuya kudlondlobala, imindeni inciphisa izinsuku edla ngazo, futhi ekugcineni iqhubeke izinsuku zonke ingadlile. Lo mbiko uxwayisa ngokuthi “njengoba ukuntuleka kokudla kudlondlobala, imindeni nayo ithwala kanzima.”
Lo mbiko ufuna ukungenelela okugxile ezinganeni okuhlanganisa nezinhlelo zokondleka kwezingane zisencane, ukwesekwa okuqondiswe ngokwendawo okufana namakhishi omphakathi, ukudla okuthatha isikhathi eside noma usizo lwamavawusha, kanye ne-nets yokuphepha evimbela isikweletu esihlobene nokudla.
Esithombeni esingenhla: Igilosa.
Umthombo wesithombe: Ifayela