The Man Who Smuggled Drugs To Save Lives Has A New Fight | Mark Heywood | Politically Aweh Podcast

Mark Heywood once smuggled drugs into South Africa to break pharmaceutical patents and force the government's hand on HIV treatment. It worked. Six million people are now on ARVs.

Now he's picked a new fight,  and this time, the enemy is an empty plate.

KG sits down with Mark to unpack why a country with a food surplus has 20 million hungry people, why hunger shows up at the scene of every domestic violence case, and whether organised people power can still actually change things.

Mark doesn't do diplomatic. He names the companies, calls out the government, and makes the argument that hunger in South Africa isn't a tragedy, it's a decision.

This one will make you angry. In the best way.

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