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Category Archives: Food Security
PMI improves, but economic output hurt by rolling blackouts
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintIna Opperman, The Citizen, 3 May 2023 The seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) improved slightly in April, but not enough thanks to intense rolling blackouts that hurt output. Read More
Petrol price up, diesel down from midnight
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintNothando Magudulela, SABC News, 2 May 2023 The price of 93 and 95 unleaded petrol will go up by 37 cents per litre from midnight. Read More
Contractor withdraws from controversial R2,1 billion school feeding programme tender
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintKhethukuthula Xulu, The Witness, 28 April 2023 Following weeks of debate surrounding the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) and the failure of the supplier to provide food to schools in KwaZulu-Natal when the new term began, the contractor has abandoned … Continue reading
South Africa’s maize harvest seen 2.7% higher this year
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintSABC News, 26 April 2023 South African farmers are expected to harvest 2.7% more maize in the 2022/2023 season compared with the previous season, the government’s Crop Estimates Committee (CEC) said on Wednesday. Read More
Cost-of-living crisis: We cannot keep the lights on anymore
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintIna Opperman, The Citizen, 25 April 2023 The cost-of-living crisis is getting worse for South African consumers who said in a recent survey that they no longer believe that they can afford to keep the lights on in the same … Continue reading
KZN R2 billion school nutrition tender being probed
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintNonhlakanipho Magwaza, SABC News, 24 April 2023 The Basic Education Department says it will terminate the KwaZulu-Natal school nutrition programme tender should any irregularity be established in the awarding of the tender. Read More
