Food justice

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?