Maize meal is a staple in many homes in South Africa. Whether you have it as uphuthu, umphokoqo, stiff or wet pap or porridge, it is the main source of starch in the country. When we talk of maize ...

The cost of making maize meal porridge has exceeded the growth in minimum wages, making it difficult for vulnerable households to put this basic foodstuff on the table, a new research report says. An ...

Two one-year-olds and a four-year-old died after eating Top Score Instant Maize Porridge on Friday. While investigations are ongoing, porridge producer Namib Mills recalled the product in South Africa ...

The manufacturer of Top Score Instant Maize Porridge initially linked to the deaths of three children in Mdantsane, East London, said they had both the porridge that was left in the house and other ...

Local wheat and maize meal products, producer, Namib Mills has temporarily taken Top Score Instant Porridge off the shelves in South Africa, Namibia, Zambia, and Lesotho. This decision follows the ...

While South Africa has its own rich porridge tradition, the appeal of porridge is universal. Image credit: Instant Pot Every year, on 10 October, the world celebrates the humble yet powerful dish: ...

Zimbabwean prisoners are now guaranteed a diet consisting of beans fish, fresh peas, ground nuts and milk instead of thick maize meal porridge and cabbages on a daily basis. The Ministry of Justice, ...

In eastern Zimbabwe's parched Buhera district, Omega Kufakunesu's family has been forced to scale down daily meals to just a portion of vegetables and sadza, a thick maize-meal porridge. Leon ...

South African cuisine is as much a mix of influences and flavors as the country’s demographic profile. Begin your culinary tour with the food of the Dutch settlers, who perfected the art of preserving ...

Zimbabwe has also seen a surge in cholera cases, usually caused by people’s lack of access to clean water The maize meal porridge that their mother had previously blended with peanut butter and sugar ...