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Category Archives: Food Security
Shoprite staring down a R1bn-plus annual diesel bill
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintThe Citizen, 6 February 2023 Between July and December last year, the Shoprite Group spent an “additional” R560 million on diesel for generators, it says, “in order to trade uninterrupted during load shedding stages five and six”. Read More
Cosatu joins calls to scrap VAT from chicken
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintMpho Sibanyoni, Sowetan Live, 3 February 2023 Cosatu has joined growing calls for government to zero-rate chicken products, saying this will cushion the poor. Read More
Petrol goes up by 28c in February
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintStaff Reporter, Sowetan Live, 31 January 2023 Expect a last-minute rush to fill petrol tanks today after the department of mineral resources and energy announced a 28c/l increase on the retail prices of 93 and 95 grades at midnight on … Continue reading
Electricity crisis continues to undermine economic growth: Ramaphosa
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintRisha Maduray, SABC News, 29 January 2023 ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa says the rolling blackouts have a negative economic impact on businesses and society. Read More
Rolling blackouts could cost cane farmers millions
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintSABC News, 29 January 2023 The South African Canegrowers Association has raised concerns that Eskom’s continuous implementation of rolling blackouts could cost the industry over R723 million this year. Read More
Load shedding crisis: Sarb slashes GDP forecast in half for next 2 years
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintThe Citizen, 27 January 2023 The South African Reserve Bank (Sarb) slashed the country’s GDP forecast by half for the next two years on Thursday, largely due to load shedding. Read More
