Want to experience solidarity with your fellow South Africans? 30% of households live on #R120 a week or less of food per person. Next time you go shopping, take a look at what #R120 looks like. It doesn't look like social justice to me....

We need a World Bank debt write off. dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/20…

Women are carrying the burden of feeding their families with enormous personal sacrifice - not just under lockdown, but every day mg.co.za/article/2020-0…

Despite high hunger rates, South Africans have never demanded that government directly make good their constitutional right to food. Never a widespread belief that the state has a direct obligation to put food on tables. That has changed. And it won't change back after lockdown.

Am I the only one who would like to know what the MMC @michaelsun168 is planning to do about the train wreck that is @citypowerjhb?

Energy poverty = poverty pari.org.za/op-ed-universa…

Public Affairs Research Institute says corruption is not the only issue ... youtu.be/sV4XyNVl71M via YouTube

New book from the Energy & Society Programme. Universal access to electricity is the key to achieving our development goals. Addressing poverty and inequality means we need new renewable generation onto the grid now, and a real energy affordability policy. pari.org.za/hungry-for-ele…

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Today's budget speech: "we must correct the underlying behaviour of non-payment (for electricity)". It seems to have escaped the state's attention that 4.5m h/holds live below the food poverty line. Presumably they should all "correct" their behaviour by starving themselves.

Register now: t.ly/QLKo Dr Tracy Ledger TheINETTT #VIETSE Institute for Essential Services Reform #JETP

Para 6.12 of Treasury's Eskom Municipal Debt Relief programme requires that funding received for free basic services must be used by the municipality to pay its Eskom account. That is, the poorest households in the municipality will forfeit free basic services to pay Eskom.

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PCC recommendations on JET-IP: "the plan should give due cognisance to the fact that the government should ensure .... reduction of energy poverty as part of the transition." Very significant step towards a definition of JET incorporating energy equity.

Why are we not doing exactly the same, given the devastating impact of the unaffordability of food for millions of South Africans? efanews.eu/en/item/32114-…