What Happens When 5,200 People Give Just 67 Minutes? Something extraordinary! This Mandela Day, more than 5,200 volunteers came together in Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban with one shared purpose: to help ensure that quality food reaches South Africans who
At FoodForward SA, we value partnerships that create lasting impact. Through its Uplift employee volunteer programme, Capitec regularly mobilises staff to support our warehouses and Mandela Day initiatives, while also investing in programmes that strengthen communities where they are needed
The Western Cape’s 100% Organic Waste to Landfill Ban, which comes into effect in 2027, is compelling farmers, food manufacturers, retailers, and other food businesses to fundamentally rethink how they manage surplus food – or what the industry erroneously calls
FoodForward SA is pleased to welcome the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) as a new partner supporting the expansion of our Food Gardens Connect programme in the Western Cape. Through PIC’s support, the programme is expanding to 10 community food gardens
The countdown is on! In just a few days, volunteers across Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban will come together to turn 67 minutes into meaningful action at FoodForward SA’s Mandela Day Food Packing Events. Whether you’ve already secured your ticket
We are proud that The Global FoodBanking Network (GFN) has featured FoodForward SA and Food Gardens Connect in its global More Than Food storytelling series, which highlights how food banks around the world create lasting impact that extends far beyond
Food insecurity cannot be solved through small, fragmented interventions alone. It requires systems that can operate at scale, with efficiency, accountability, and national reach. Over the past decade, FoodForward SA has built exactly that. What began as a food redistribution
Real change often begins with something small. For Bloomberg Philanthropies, World Environment Day was an opportunity to invest in a simple yet powerful act of giving back. As a longstanding FoodForward SA partner, staff members came together to plant seeds
The draft South African National Standard for Food Donation Best Practice (SANS 2088), published by the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) for public comment, closed its two-month comment period on 16 June. This standard marks an important step forward
