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Category Archives: Food Security
Budget 2023: CEOs of top food retailers want government to rethink diesel fuel levy refund
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintTimes Live, 23 February 2023 Pick n Pay CEO Pieter Boone, Spar CEO Mike Bosman and Shoprite Checkers CEO Pieter Engelbrecht have implored the government to reconsider its decision on the diesel fuel refund levy. Read More
Agri SA welcomes budget
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintWitness Reporter, 22 February 2023 Agri SA said on Wednesday they welcome the budget delivered by Minister Enoch Godongwana. Read More
Consumers expect more hardship
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintThe Citizen, 21 February 2023 We are in trouble, and most people expect things to get worse in the foreseeable future. Read More
El Nino could pose threat to SA’s food security- Agricultural Business Chamber
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintTamika Gounden, Eyewitness News, 20 February 2023 The Agricultural Business Chamber said that the upcoming El Niño weather effects could pose a threat to South Africa’s food security in the near future. Read More
Brace for fuel price increases in March
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintTimes Live, 17 February 2023 Motorists must brace themselves for significant fuel price increases in March, with petrol set to rise by up to R1.28/l and diesel by 37c. Read More
Food price escalation hits 14-year high amid more than 100 straight days of load-shedding
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintPrinesha Naidoo, Times Live, 16 February 2023 Food prices increased at the fastest pace in almost 14 years in January, when Eskom intensified rolling blackouts. Read More