Resilience and Adaptation: Struggles to Access Urban Food During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Zimbabwean, Somali and DRC Migrants in Cape Town

This research brief examines how the vulnerable circumstances and precarious conditions of African migrants in South Africa were exacerbated during the pandemic. The study is based on data from a survey of 844 migrants and refugees and 32 in-depth interviews conducted in 2023 in Cape Town. The findings presented here underscore the urgent need for more research and policy attention to understanding food access and economic issues of migrants in the setting of pandemic and other precarious circumstances.