Hunger is political: Activist Mark Heywood on SA’s food crisis
Daily Maverick | 04.06.2026 18:00
Host KG Mokgadi sits down with veteran activist and former editor of Maverick Citizen Mark Heywood to unpack South Africa’s deepening food crisis, and why hunger should be treated as a political emergency. Heywood pulls no punches in his criticism of South Africa’s political leaders and corporations which oversee a food system that produces enough food for all while millions of people still go hungry.
