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Category Archives: Food Security
Many SA households don’t have enough food to eat – study
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintKoena Mashale, Sowetan Live, 4 June 2025 Over 23% of SA households experienced inadequate or severely inadequate access to food, a recently released report on food security has revealed. Read More
Agriculture department intensifies fight against foot-and-mouth disease
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintErnest Mabuza, Sowetan Live, 28 May 2025 Animal movement restrictions in the disease management areas (DMA) in Limpopo and the Eastern Cape will be lifted soon after positive results by the department of agriculture to control and eradicate foot-and-mouth disease … Continue reading
‘We are shielding the poor,’ says Ramaphosa on high cost of living
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintSisanda Mbolekwa, Sowetan Live, 27 May 2025 President Cyril Ramaphosa says his government has sufficient measures in place to shield poor South Africans from the high costs of basic necessities. Read More
Child support grant below cost of providing basic nutritious diet
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintSibongile Mashaba, Sowetan Live, 23 May 2025 The R560 in child support grant is 30% below the food poverty line, Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity Group’s household affordability index has noted. Read More
Consumer inflation slightly higher in April
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintIna Opperman, The Citizen, 21 May 2025 Consumer Inflation was slightly higher in April at 2.8%, slightly higher than the 2.7% in March 2025, while the change in the Consumer Price Index between March and April was 0.3%. Read More
South Africans turning to personal loans amid rising living costs
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintSABC News, 15 May 2025 DebtBusters’ latest debt index for the first quarter of 2025 shows a growing number of South Africans are relying on personal loans to manage their expenses as the cost of living continues to rise. Read … Continue reading
