Tag Archives: Food Crisis

Load shedding sees culling of 10 million chicks: SA Poultry Association

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintLauren Isaacs, Eyewitness News, 19 January 2023 There are more warnings of rising food prices due to load shedding, with the cost of chicken in the spotlight. Read More

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Load shedding: Tonnes of food rotting as both producers and NGO’s battle to feed SA

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintDevina Haripersad, The Citizen, 19 January 2023 South Africans are lamenting the amount of food that is going bad as a result of load shedding and the extreme heat, where they are now being forced to throw out hundreds of … Continue reading

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Energy crisis is seeping into South Africa’s food supply

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintPrinesha Naidoo, Paul Burkhardt and Felix Njini, Times Live, 19 January 2023 The most severe power cuts ever experienced in South Africa are threatening food and water supplies and disrupting the lives of millions of people, including chicken farmers. Read … Continue reading

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Annual consumer price inflation at 7,2% in December

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintCitizen Reporter, 18 January 2023 Stats SA confirmed that the annual consumer price inflation was 7,2% in December 2022. Read More

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Food prices likely to rise as agriculture sector braves load shedding

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintMelikhaya  Zagagana, Eyewitness News, 17 January 2023 Food prices might rise as the agriculture sector suffers due to high levels of load shedding. Read More

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Agricultural sector calls for exemption from rolling blackouts

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintThabiso Radebe, SABC News, 17 January 2023 The agricultural sector is calling for Eskom to exempt it from rolling blackouts (load shedding) to avoid a disaster. Read More

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