It’s in what’s left over once a mother has paid for food, and how often that’s nothing at all. That leaves a shortfall of R400.66 every month, for every child. They head 42.6% of South African households, and study after study shows they’re the first to go without so their kids can eat. In 61% of households surveyed, women said they skip meals so their children don’t have to. South Africa wastes around ten million tonnes of food a year, even as families go hungry a few kilometres away.