Despite progressive constitutional guarantees, including the rights to food and basic nutrition, millions of South Africans still face chronic and acute hunger. This disconnect  between legal promise and lived deprivation, is the focus of the Union Against Hunger (UAH), a South African alliance dedicated to eradicating hunger and malnutrition . To mark this year's World Hunger Day, the UAH held a number of dialogues nationally to engage communities and the public – and share information that will better enable and support the mobilisation of communities to demand their right to food and hold government and industry to account. For more Bongiwe Zwane spoke to members of the UAH secretariat ,  Dr Busiso Moyo - postdoctoral researcher with Centre of Excellence in Food Security at the University of the Western Cape and Alan Browde

<p>Despite progressive constitutional guarantees, including the rights to food and basic nutrition, millions of South Africans still face chronic and acute hunger. This disconnect &nbsp;between legal promise and lived deprivation, is the focus of the Union Against Hunger (UAH), a South African alliance dedicated to eradicating hunger and malnutrition . To mark this year's World Hunger Day, the UAH held a number of dialogues nationally to engage communities and the public &ndash; and share information that will better enable and support the mobilisation of communities to demand their right to food and hold government and industry to account. For more Bongiwe Zwane spoke to members of the UAH secretariat , &nbsp;Dr Busiso Moyo - postdoctoral researcher with Centre of Excellence in Food Security at the University of the Western Cape and Alan Browde</p>

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