Food-trucks and food security at UP
STEPHANIE COOKSON Some UP students consider the 2018 SRC’s promise to have R10 meals sold from food trucks on campus a failure, or a tactic for winning the 2017 election. However, the project is still active and has been progressing under the 2019 and 2020 SRCs, although work still needs to be done, some students still have hope for the food truck initiative. The University of KwaZulu-Natal and the University of Witwatersrand have published studies in the last two years, concluding that over 50% of their students are vulnerable to food insecurity or have suffered academically due to hunger. “In 2018/19 we conducted a scientificRead More →