The South African Human Rights Commission’s Chris Nissen has urged authorities in the Eastern Cape government to implement sustainable food security programmes to prevent more people from dying of hunger.
South African Human Rights Commission’s chairperson, Chris Nissen, emphasized the importance of implementing sustainable food security programs in the Eastern Cape to prevent hunger-related deaths. Nissen addressed this during a virtual gathering on the right to food at the East London International Convention Centre. The Commission conducted an inquiry in 2022 into child malnutrition and the right to food following a tragic incident where over 100 children in the province died due to acute malnutrition.
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