eng Science and Education Publishing Journal of Food Security 2372-0107 2021-04-06 9 2 46 55 10.12691/jfs-9-2-2 JFS2021922 article Michael Rudolph michaelr@uj.ac.za 1 Florian Kroll 1 Evans Muchesa 1 Mark Paiker 2 Paul Fatti 3 Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment (FEBE), University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa DMSA, Johannesburg, South Africa 3University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa The objectives of the study were to determine the prevalence of food insecurity in greater Johannesburg metropole (South Africa). A total of 1000 households were interviewed using standardised food insecurity scaling and scoring metrics. Findings revealed that 34% of households experienced food insecurity and almost 60% spent R1000($57) or less on food per month. Only half of respondents reported adequate food provisioning throughout the year. Many households frequently bought less preferred foods or only what was necessary and almost 50% borrowed food or money to cope with food insecurity. Appropriate interventions to alleviate food and nutrition security are essential. http://pubs.sciepub.com/jfs/9/2/2/jfs-9-2-2.pdf food security City of Johannesburg urbanisation nutrition household hunger sources access