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Category Archives: Food Security
Food basket increases by 10% in a year, cutting nutritious food for poor children
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintIna Opperman, The Citizen, 31 March 2022 The household food basket increased by 10% in a year, cutting the budget for nutritious food for poor children even before the increases in fuel and food prices due to the war in … Continue reading
Unemployment rate increases to 35.3% in fourth quarter of 2021: Stats SA
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintNaledi Ngcobo, SABC News, 29 March 2022 Joblessness among South Africans continues to climb with the unemployment rate having increased from 34.9% to 35.3% in the fourth quarter of 2021. Read More
Crop farmers faced with challenges as result of climate change
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintKonelo Lekhafola, SABC News 21 March 2022 Crop farmers say they are faced with many challenges as a result of climate change. They say they have to cope with drought, floods, soil erosion and biodiversity loss. Read More
Winter of discontent ahead as households brace for price shocks
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintNivashni Nair and Suthentira Govender, Times Live, 13 March 2022 Cash-strapped South Africans are being warned to brace themselves for the toughest economic conditions in at least a decade as food prices spiral and the war in Ukraine threatens to … Continue reading
South Africa remains the most unequal country in the world: World Bank
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintAFP, 10 March 2022 South Africa is the most unequal country in the world, with race playing a determining factor in a society where 10% of the population owns more than 80% of the wealth, a World Bank report said … Continue reading
SA’s economy grew at fastest pace in 14 years in 2021
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintMonique Vanek and S’thembile Cele, Sowetan Live, 8 March 2022 SA’s economy expanded at its fastest pace in 14 years in 2021, rebounding from a coronavirus-induced contraction the year before. Read More
