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Category Archives: Food Security
SA’s unemployment rate drops by one percentage point in 3rd quarter
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintKgomotso Modise, Eyewitness News, 29 November 2022 South Africa’s unemployment rate has recorded another consecutive decline for the third quarter of this year. Read More
Consumers must brace for more rate hikes until meaningful inflation decline
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintIna Opperman, The Citizen, 22 November 2022 Consumers must brace for more repo rate hikes until there is a meaningful decline in the inflation rate. Read More
Farmers bear the brunt of shortage of fertilisers coupled with high costs
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintKatlego Legodi, SABC News, 25 November 2022 Farmers continue to bear the brunt of the shortage of fertilisers coupled with high costs. Read More
SA’s repo rate hiked by 75 basis point
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintDevina Haripersad, The Citizen, 24 November 2022 The South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee has hiked the repo rate by 75 basis points to 7% per year, with effect from 25 November 2022. Read More
October inflation surprises with another increase
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintDevina Haripersad, The Citizen, 23 November 2022 Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) on Wednesday confirmed that inflation rose to 7.6% in October. Read More
Petrol price likely to rise while diesel might drop in Dec, says AA
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintMelikhaya Zagagana, Eyewitness News, 16 November 2022 There’s some potential good and bad news for South African motorists over the holiday season. Read More