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PHOTO ESSAY: ‘Hunger has no party’ — candidates talk to Soweto residents ahead of elections

Lillian Roberts · Daily Maverick

Published 14 Oct 2026, 8:29 pm·just now·1 min read

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On 13 October, at a community meeting with candidates for Johannesburg’s municipal elections, people asked how food storage, safety and prices will be addressed, as well as global market concentration in the food system. They wanted to know how grants will be increased and jobs given, and how young people who are already doing the work will be helped.

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