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South Africa needs an emergency food plan — now

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By Mark Heywood, Busiso Moyo
| Daily Maverick Verified
South Africa produces enough food to feed all its people, yet millions go hungry. This is not a failure of agricultural production. It is a failure of affordability, distribution, inequality and political will. The evidence is not abstract. It is measured in empty stomachs, children going to bed without food, parents skipping meals so their children can eat, and, increasingly, in disability and deaths, particularly in very young children.
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Orwell’s Roses: A beautiful meditation on writing and truth

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By Mark Heywood
| Daily Maverick Verified
Orwell’s Roses by Rebecca Solnit is an outstanding work of writing and thought. At its core it’s about writing and a writer, it’s about George Orwell’s views on writing and the importance of truth. Yet in it, Solnit’s own writing reaches all the high standards set by Orwell and more. He would have been proud of the association. The first lines often make a book; think of “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen”.
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A user’s guide to most of Gauteng’s parkruns: Revised edition

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By Mark Heywood
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The world is awash with parkruns. The numbers grow every week. Once they get the bug, parkrunners can be quite OCD about their weekly run-fest. I started parkrunning in 2019 and I hope to hit 200 this year. I go back week after week because the rapid infusion of community, exercise, fresh air and social interaction is just what’s needed to set the mood for the weekend. But don’t be intimidated.
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