Food security research and its measurements are pivotal to the achievement of the
sustainable development goal number 2 under the global agenda 2030, of the United
Nations. South Africa as a country has also committed itself to the National Development
Plan to ensure that no one goes to bed hungry by 2030. The achievement of this goal
would have been failed if the type of food being considered is not a balanced diet that
leads to a healthy and productive life. Against this background socio-economic
determinants may influence Dietary Diversity from a Food Security perspective. The
objective of this paper thus is to analyze dietary diversity among Households in South
Africa, from a socio-economic perspective. Using the General Household Survey data
based on 20908 households, household head characteristics such as age, gender, household
size income, and poverty status were analyzed. Univariate and multivariate analyses were
conducted and a regression model was used to analyze the socio-economic variables. the
results reveal that households with lower income had a lower Dietary Diversity as access
to food of different groups was found to be correlated with higher levels of income and
poverty status. The study contributes to the food security discourse in making
recommendation as regards to ways of providing assistance that may mitigate the
challenges associated with dietary diversity at the household level. It is recommended that
policymakers should take note of the impact of socio-economic circumstances on Dietary
Diversity that may lead to negative health consequences.