South Africans tuck into traditional food culture to challenge ultra-processed diets
Daily Maverick | 08.11.2026 17:42
In areas of Mpumalanga such as Steenbok and Elukwatini, marula – both wild and domestic – grows abundantly. In the summer when the marula trees bear their first fruits, rural communities celebrate by harvesting the marula and turning it into a traditional beer. Later when winter arrives the marula nuts will be cracked and eaten.
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