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HEALA

@heala_sa

The HEALA coalition advocates for equitable access to affordable and nutritious food for all in South Africa.

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What a day in Lenasia South with Union Against Hunger! 🇿🇦 On #WorldHungerDay, we demanded: 📢 Drop food prices 📢 Protect food rights 📢 End hunger now 15.3 million South Africans can’t wait. Sign the petition: bit.ly/4kjURzm #EndHungerNow #UnionAgainstHunger #FoodJustice

What a day in Lenasia South with <a href="/UAH_za/">Union Against Hunger</a>! 🇿🇦
On #WorldHungerDay, we demanded:
📢 Drop food prices
📢 Protect food rights
📢 End hunger now
15.3 million South Africans can’t wait. Sign the petition: bit.ly/4kjURzm
#EndHungerNow #UnionAgainstHunger #FoodJustice
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1 in 3 child deaths in SA is caused by malnutrition. 🔹 R370 grant isn't enough 🔹 Hospitals lack resources 🔹 Kids are targeted with junk food Children can't speak for themselves — so we must. #FOPL #FoodJustice 🔗 Listen to @radio786_official: bit.ly/4kh9qUT

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Full-time paid Campaigner Fellowship from August to November in Joburg. The application deadline is TODAY, Monday, 2 June 2025 at 23:59. Are you passionate about advocacy work and campaigning, and have experience in community organising? Then the amandla.mobi

Full-time paid Campaigner Fellowship from August to November in Joburg.

The application deadline is TODAY, Monday, 2 June 2025 at 23:59.

Are you passionate about advocacy work and campaigning, and have experience in community organising? Then the amandla.mobi
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"Hunger in our communities has been growing consistently since 2019... 29% of children under 5 will be disadvantaged all of their lives because of malnutrition." - Mark Heywood #EndHungerNow

"Hunger in our communities has been growing consistently since 2019... 29% of children under 5 will be disadvantaged all of their lives because of malnutrition." - Mark Heywood
#EndHungerNow
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Junk food, NCDs, & inequality—SA’s health crisis needs more than band-aids. 🧃📷Join us this #WorldFoodSafetyDay for a webinar that goes beyond symptoms to explore real policy solutions. 📷 14:00–15:00 PM 📷 #FoodJustice #FOPL

Junk food, NCDs, &amp; inequality—SA’s health crisis needs more than band-aids. 🧃📷Join us this #WorldFoodSafetyDay for a webinar that goes beyond symptoms to explore real policy solutions. 📷 14:00–15:00 PM 📷  #FoodJustice #FOPL
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What’s in your food? You should know, not guess. Front-of-Package Warning Labels expose unhealthy levels of sugar, salt & fat in packaged food. We deserve better. Sign the petition now. 🔗 bit.ly/3XSIzpS #BetterLabelsBetterChoices #Whatsinourfood #RightToKnow FOPL

What’s in your food? You should know, not guess.
Front-of-Package Warning Labels expose unhealthy levels of sugar, salt &amp; fat in packaged food. We deserve better. Sign the petition now.
🔗 bit.ly/3XSIzpS
#BetterLabelsBetterChoices #Whatsinourfood #RightToKnow FOPL
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According to the Australian Obesity Evidence Hub, sugary drinks are bad news for health. Experts agree: regularly drinking sodas, sugary juices & energy drinks fuels obesity & chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes. #SaveOurHealthSystem HEALA #PassLiquorBillsNow RHAP TBAC_sa

According to the Australian Obesity Evidence Hub, sugary drinks are bad news for health.
Experts agree: regularly drinking sodas, sugary juices &amp; energy drinks fuels obesity &amp; chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes. #SaveOurHealthSystem <a href="/heala_SA/">HEALA</a> <a href="/Saapa7/">#PassLiquorBillsNow</a> <a href="/RHAPnews/">RHAP</a> <a href="/TBAC_sa/">TBAC_sa</a>
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📣 Join our webinar with Dr. Patrick Ngassa Piotie, Patrick Ngassa Piotie — global health leader, co-founder of University of Pretoria Diabetes Centre & Chair of Diabetes Alliance SA. 🔹 $3M+ NCD grants 🔹 Kofi Annan Fellow 🗓️ 9 June | 🕒 14:00–15:00 🔗 bit.ly/3HgrhN9 #BeyondSymptoms #FOPL

📣 Join our webinar with Dr. Patrick Ngassa Piotie, <a href="/PatNgassa/">Patrick Ngassa Piotie</a> — global health leader, co-founder of <a href="/UPTuks/">University of Pretoria</a> Diabetes Centre &amp; Chair of Diabetes Alliance SA.
🔹 $3M+ NCD grants
🔹 Kofi Annan Fellow
🗓️ 9 June | 🕒 14:00–15:00
🔗 bit.ly/3HgrhN9

#BeyondSymptoms #FOPL
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What’s in your food? You should know, not guess. Front-of-Package Warning Labels expose unhealthy levels of sugar, salt & fat in packaged food. We deserve better. Sign the petition now. 🔗 bit.ly/3XSIzpS #BetterLabelsBetterChoices #Whatsinourfood #RightToKnow FOPL

What’s in your food? You should know, not guess.
Front-of-Package Warning Labels expose unhealthy levels of sugar, salt &amp; fat in packaged food. We deserve better. Sign the petition now.
🔗 bit.ly/3XSIzpS
#BetterLabelsBetterChoices #Whatsinourfood #RightToKnow FOPL
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Meet John Nkuna (36), father of 3. Diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes at 34—just like his sister & gran. Now he’s calling for warning labels on unhealthy food. 💬 “They profit off our health.” 🎙️ Hear his story at our 9 June webinar. 🔗 bit.ly/3HgrhN9 #BeyondSymptoms #FOPL

Meet John Nkuna (36), father of 3. Diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes at 34—just like his sister &amp; gran. Now he’s calling for warning labels on unhealthy food.
💬 “They profit off our health.”
🎙️ Hear his story at our 9 June webinar.
🔗 bit.ly/3HgrhN9
#BeyondSymptoms #FOPL
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🎙️ Happening Today! Meet webinar moderator Bilal Mpazayabo — HEALA’s Social Media Coordinator, passionate about food justice + sovereignty. 💬 “Food justice isn’t a brand. It’s a responsibility.” 🕒 14:00 today 🔗 Register now: bit.ly/3HgrhN9 #BeyondSymptoms #FOPL

🎙️ Happening Today! Meet webinar moderator Bilal Mpazayabo — HEALA’s Social Media Coordinator, passionate about food justice + sovereignty.

💬 “Food justice isn’t a brand. It’s a responsibility.”
🕒 14:00 today
🔗 Register now: bit.ly/3HgrhN9
#BeyondSymptoms #FOPL
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The HPL brought in R2M in 2024, less than in 2019. Big Sugar keeps lobbying, delaying the 20% increase. Meanwhile, obesity + diabetes rise. National Treasury RSA must act. Raise the HPL to 20% NOW. 🔗@news24: bit.ly/4dWCmPC #HPL #FoodJustice #Heala

The HPL brought in R2M in 2024, less than in 2019.
Big Sugar keeps lobbying, delaying the 20% increase. Meanwhile, obesity + diabetes rise.
<a href="/Treasury_RSA/">National Treasury RSA</a> must act. Raise the HPL to 20% NOW.
🔗@news24: bit.ly/4dWCmPC
#HPL #FoodJustice #Heala
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📣 TUNE IN! Our Communications Manager, Zukiswa Zimela, joins the Morning Show on @etv tomorrow at 7:20 AM 🎙️ She’s talking: 🍽️ Food justice ⚖️ Health policy 🧒🏽 Protecting kids from harmful food marketing #FoodJustice #FOPL #HPL

📣 TUNE IN!
Our Communications Manager, Zukiswa Zimela, joins the Morning Show on <a href="/etv/">@etv</a> tomorrow at 7:20 AM 🎙️
She’s talking:
🍽️ Food justice
⚖️ Health policy
🧒🏽 Protecting kids from harmful food marketing
#FoodJustice #FOPL #HPL
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When you’re hungry, every meal counts. 💔 15M+ South Africans face food insecurity. 💸 19M get grants—but it’s not enough. The #HPL fights sugar-related diseases and funds real solutions like school meals. Let’s strengthen it. 🔗 bit.ly/4e3bk9h #FoodJustice

When you’re hungry, every meal counts.
💔 15M+ South Africans face food insecurity.
💸 19M get grants—but it’s not enough.
The #HPL fights sugar-related diseases and funds real solutions like school meals.
Let’s strengthen it.
🔗 bit.ly/4e3bk9h
#FoodJustice
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🚨 We're hiring! HEALA is looking for a Communications Strategist to craft a dynamic strategy that drives our fight for better food policy in SA. 🗓️ Apply by 25 June 📅 Final strategy due 30 July 📩 [email protected] 🔗 bit.ly/45iLifX #HEALA #FoodJustice

🚨 We're hiring!
HEALA is looking for a Communications Strategist to craft a dynamic strategy that drives our fight for better food policy in SA.
🗓️ Apply by 25 June

📅 Final strategy due 30 July
📩 zukiswa@heala.org

🔗 bit.ly/45iLifX

#HEALA #FoodJustice
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🚨 1 in 8 SA kids is obese—and it’s getting worse. Sugary, fatty foods marketed with cartoons are flooding our stores. We need front-of-pack warning labels NOW. They work. Other countries are doing it. SA must act. Read more: bit.ly/4jXf2Ct #FOPL #FoodJustice #HEALA

🚨 1 in 8 SA kids is obese—and it’s getting worse.
Sugary, fatty foods marketed with cartoons are flooding our stores.
We need front-of-pack warning labels NOW. They work. Other countries are doing it. SA must act.
Read more: bit.ly/4jXf2Ct
#FOPL #FoodJustice  #HEALA
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Our children are growing up in a toxic food system. 🍭 Junk food is everywhere 🧃 Sugary drinks have no warnings 🛑 Safe play areas are rare We need a stronger HPL & clear FOPL to protect them. Read more: bit.ly/44mHA3U #FoodJustice #HPL #FOPL #ProtectOurKids

Our children are growing up in a toxic food system.
🍭 Junk food is everywhere
🧃 Sugary drinks have no warnings
🛑 Safe play areas are rare
We need a stronger HPL &amp; clear FOPL to protect them.
Read more: bit.ly/44mHA3U
#FoodJustice #HPL #FOPL #ProtectOurKids
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1 year later—Chew on This: “Is Big Food Feeding Us Lies?” is more relevant than ever. This #YouthMonth, we amplify the call for truth and healthier food systems. 🍭 Big Food targets youth with ultra-processed lies 🎯 🎥: bit.ly/3HLasKm #ChewOnThis #FoodJustice #FOPL