Saturday Star

Food security of poor at risk

Vaal flooding

Devastating floods in recent weeks have placed the food supply of some of Gauteng’s most needy communities under threat.

And while those at the Salaam Foundation will do everything they can to ensure that countless in the province don’t go hungry, one of its co-directors, Azhar Vadi, has warned that the excessive downpours have affected the livestock and vegetables.

“This is the highest-ever water level in the Vaal Dam’s history and the flooding is right on our doorstep,” he told the Saturday Star this week.

Vadi and his team farm with

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