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SATURDAY PROFILE | How Ozzy Nel went from luxury restaurants to help solve SA's food waste problem

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Ozzy Nel.
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Earlier this year, Ozzy Nel was made a director of SA Harvest after serving the food rescue organisation for three years and building up its teams and foundations. He speaks to Muhammad Hussain exactly three years after the first lockdown, when he lost all his contracts in one day.

Did you know that a meal can cost R1.70? Now imagine 20 million meals at that cost. 

For SA Harvest, that is the reality as the food rescue organisation last year distributed 20 million meals at a cost of R1.70 per meal. And one of the main drivers of the organisation is Ozzy Nel.

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