ArticlePublic health nutrition2025
The anti-politics of food in South Africa: transformation, accountability and the nutrition policy subsystem.
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- Understanding power in food policy: a critical scoping review of methods to guide future research.Health promotion international · 2026Article
- Multidimensional analysis of nutritional status among children under 5 years in Africa, 1990-2024.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo examine power and governance arrangements in food and nutrition policy formulation and agenda setting in South Africa.
designAnalysis of the policy implementation environment and in-depth interviews were conducted focusing on: existing policy content and priorities across food system sectors; institutional structures for cross-sectoral and external stakeholder engagement; exercise of power in relation to food system policies and opportunities to strengthen action on nutrition.
settingSouth Africa.
participantsInterviews were conducted with forty-eight key stakeholders involved in the food and nutrition policy sphere: government sectors relevant to food systems (
resultsThis study found that there are power dynamics involved in shaping the planning agenda that is inadvertently generating a food system that undermines the right to food. The concept of nutrition governance remains poorly defined and applied in different ways and usually based on a relatively narrow interpretation - therefore limiting policy coherence and coordination. South Africa has strong legal institutions and practices, and social policies that support public provisioning of food, but a non-interventionist approach to the food system.
conclusionsThe right to food and nutrition, as outlined in the South African Constitution, has not yet been effectively utilised to establish a robust normative and legal basis for tackling the dual challenges of food insecurity and malnutrition. Currently, the governance of the food system is grappling with substantial obstacles, balancing the influence of powerful stakeholders who uphold the status quo against its responsibilities for food justice.
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