PARTNERS

The work ProVeg South Africa does would not be possible without partnerships with many remarkable organisations. Our work has been with some of the best plant-based alternative brands, leading retailers, aligned NGOs, and supportive service providers. Listed below are some of the organisations we worked with or were supported by in 2022.

A special thanks to our pro-bono legal support:

Lawtons Africa

Lawtons Africa's Pro Bono arm partnered with ProVeg South Africa during the course of the Veggie Burger Ban in South Africa, and with subsequent legal inquiries thereafter. The Head of Pro Bono and Citizenship, Sarah Goldman, and her team generously offered their time and insight into the process of interdicting and appealing the order to seize meat analogues in South Africa, as well as giving legal advice on several other issues.

Bowmans Attorneys

We are very grateful for expert HR and employee legal support and advice from Lenja Dahms-Jansen and her team at Bowmans attorneys. From assistance with drafting employee contracts to legal advice, the input from Bowmans gives us the peace of mind that we are legally compliant regarding employee matters.

A special mention:

PHYSICIANS ASSOCIATION FOR NUTRITION (PAN)

South Africa

ProVeg South Africa Director, Donovan Will, attended VegMed, Europe's largest medical conference on plant-based nutrition, in 2018 and saw the need for more nutrition education and research relating to plant-based food in the medical and dietetics sector in South Africa. We were instrumental in establishing a new NGO, the Physicians Association for Nutrition (PAN) South Africa, the first African branch of this international non-profit organisation, dedicated to working with health professionals, health science students, and policymakers to raise awareness of whole food plantbased nutrition for health promotion and disease prevention. We are very proud of the work PAN South Africa did in 2022.

Research

PAN South Africa's pilot research project is a case study on a 21-day whole-food plant-based eating challenge among type 2 diabetics in South Africa, of which the preliminary research findings were presented at COP27.

Journal Series

The plant-based nutrition journal series is a free monthly email subscription that gives licensed South African healthcare professionals access to the latest research on nutrition, planetary health, and plant-based healthcare, as well as the opportunity to gain Continuing Professional Development points.

University Groups

Halfway through 2022, PAN South Africa onboarded a Community Coordinator, Gabriela Lorenco, to kickstart PAN University in South Africa. They will be continuing the work of PAN University international which has a footprint in over 20 universities worldwide.