Food justice

NIGHT TALK

Guest: Zukiswa Zimela, Communications Manager - Healthy Living Alliance

• The Healthy Living Alliance says it it calling for an affordable and nutritious food for all….
• It is urging the government to adopt vital regulations to support the improvement of health and wellbeing of all, particularly women and children.
• It is calling for government to prioritise food justice.

What does this all mean?

Joining me is

• When we talk food justice, what are we talking about?
• Why is this topic so important to be raised especially now, around the Women’s month?
• Your recent statement, you painted the story of Siyakholwa Mkoka from Khayelitsha…can you take us through that story and its message?
• What are some of our biggest struggles in SA regarding the food we are consuming?
• The obesity challenge?
• I read that obesity cost our health system about R33bn a year?
• You also say - For decades, the food and beverage industry has fed the public the myth that what we eat is our choice alone.
• What role does advertising play in our food choices?
• The regulation of food labelling - what difference will it make?
• A healthier South Africa - what would it look like?