Seeking the Right to Food: Food Activism in South Africa

Bright Nkrumah

doi:10.1017/9781009019002

Despite a constitutional right to food, a comprehensive social security structure, being a net exporter of agricultural products and maintaining a rising GDP, freedom from hunger remains a pipedream for millions of South Africans. With a constant surge in food prices, the availability of sustenance is often seriously threatened for all of South Africa's population. While the underprivileged majority residing in townships often demonstrate their discontent for poor service delivery on the streets, they rarely channel this strategy into taming food inflation. This study seeks to understand this irony and examine ways in which this trend could be reversed. Proposing a compelling argument for food activism, Bright Nkrumah suggests ways of mobilising disempowered groups to reclaim this inherent right. Presented alongside historical and contemporary case studies to illustrate the dynamics of collective action and food security in South Africa, he draws from legal, social and political theory to make the case for 'activism' as a force for alleviating food insecurity. Also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

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Seeking the Right to Food
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Abbreviations and Acronyms
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1 - Food Activism and Policy in South Africa
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2 - A Tale of Food Activism
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3 - The Case of Right to Food Campaign
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4 - Rocking the Boat? Mobilising for Food Security in South Africa
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5 - Food (In)Security and Legal Implications in South Africa
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6 - The Unfinished Agenda: Perspectives on South Africa’s Food (In)Security
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7 - Dispossession: Reforming Land in South Africa
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8 - Ethical Obligation to Assist Impoverished South Africans
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9 - What Is to Be Done: Overcoming Policy Fragmentation in South Africa
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Contents

Seeking the Right to Food
pp i-ii

Seeking the Right to Food - Title page
pp iii-iii

Copyright page
pp iv-iv

Epigraph
pp v-v

Dedication
pp vi-vi

Contents
pp vii-vii

Tables
pp viii-viii

Abbreviations and Acronyms
pp ix-xii

Additional material
pp xiii-xiv

Preface
pp xv-xvi

Acknowledgements
pp xvii-xviii

1 - Food Activism and Policy in South Africa
pp 1-23

2 - A Tale of Food Activism
pp 24-40

3 - The Case of Right to Food Campaign
pp 41-58

4 - Rocking the Boat? Mobilising for Food Security in South Africa
pp 59-76

5 - Food (In)Security and Legal Implications in South Africa
pp 77-101

6 - The Unfinished Agenda: Perspectives on South Africa’s Food (In)Security
pp 102-129

7 - Dispossession: Reforming Land in South Africa
pp 130-147

8 - Ethical Obligation to Assist Impoverished South Africans
pp 148-165

9 - What Is to Be Done: Overcoming Policy Fragmentation in South Africa
pp 166-183

References
pp 184-218

Index
pp 219-226

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