Cooks spice things up for Mandela Day
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Dozens of chefs, community cooks, caterers, and culinary students are rolling up their sleeves in kitchens across South Africa this Mandela Day, united by one mission: fighting hunger, one pot of soup at a time.
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- Volunteer cooks prepare 67 litres of soup for Mandela Day, representing each year Mandela served the public. 14s
- Hotels, culinary schools, and feeding schemes use donated produce to cook meals for the hungry. 35s
- Chefs highlight rising food prices and unemployment as key drivers of hunger. 1m 0s
- Over 20 million South Africans experience hunger daily despite the country's food production capacity. 1m 36s
- Experts note that 10 million tonnes of food are wasted each year in South Africa. 1m 48s