Reality bites: SA retail giants fall short on access to healthy food — report Daily Maverick | 11.03.2026 02:31 ‘Africa is facing a runaway hunger problem, with 25% of South African households food insecure – that’s one in four,” Maverick Citizen editor Zukiswa Pikoli said at a webinar on Shopping & The Cost of Living Crisis in South Africa: The Reality of South Africa’s Retail Giants.Read more RELATED STORIES The weight women carry and the stories we refuse to see Fused Six Nations: Scrutiny intensifies on Steve Borthwick as England hit rock... Rugby National Consumer Commission announces the recall of more than 25 000... Fused Tandy: Wales win around the corner Rugby State of the URC: Snorting Bulls await Stormers Rugby How a Durban North school is transforming chaotic school runs with art Stories from South Africa SA entrepreneur joins TEDx speaker line-up Stories from South Africa The women regenerating Africa’s supply chain: turning mentorship into... Fused Mideast war: Treasury rallies to cushion blow Fused She changed the world before they changed their minds Fused South Africa’s newest recycling champions announced Stories from South Africa Wallabies gold lures rugby league star Rugby