The Media, the State and South African's Constitutional Right to Food

The Media, the State and South African's Constitutional Right to Food
18 November 2013

The media’s role as the fourth estate is to ensure the country’s adherence to the Bill of Rights that are written into Chapter Two of the South African Constitution. Newsrooms apply this principle to upholding democratic political processes and holding government to account. Included in this is the fact that the Constitution specifically refers to citizens’ right to food.

The media in South Africa needs to understand the broader complexity of the food value chain if it is to hold the government accountable in terms of how the state gives effect to the right of its citizens to food.