Recently in Cape Town, South Africa there are a few poor neighborhoods who have started hiding and eating rotten or expired food. They are so desperate for food that they will eat almost anything. Eating this rotten food has sent around 100 people to the hospital. Community leaders went in and removed all the expired food to keep the people safe. It is said that the people continued eating this food because they had not yet experienced the sickness that they can experience from it.
There is a direct connection from the book to this article. When Kumalo comes home from Johannesburg he realizes that there is no milk and all the little children are getting sick. He knows that there is a shortage of food and that he needs to do something to help his people. If he doesn't then they will end up eating rotten food that will make them sick, and they probably don't have the treatment to help them get better quickly.
"Tixo, give us rain, we beseech Thee, that we may plough and sow our seed. And if there is no rain, protect us against hunger and starvation, we pray Thee"
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