In 2013, the Municipality of Johannesburg and the Department of Social Development created the Food Resilience Unit as a response to address food insecurity and provide food resilience for the City of Johannesburg’s more marginalised and vulnerable citizens. This study is a review of the Food Resilience Policy in Region D, this study used food security policy frameworks and relevant primary and secondary data to examine the effectiveness of the food resilience
interventions in Johannesburg. The study utilised qualitative research methods. Data were collected by the researcher as a participant observer during the policy review session in Region D, Soweto, and a thematic analysis gives insight into key
themes adopted to highlight their relevance and effectiveness of the City of Johannesburg Food Resilience Policy. As a participant observer, the researcher made notes and was guided by questions about relevance and effectiveness that
assisted with probing, assessing behaviour and recording data. The study concludes with recommendations that are based on the strengthening of relevance and effectiveness in the implementation of the Food Resilience Policy.