Tag Archives: Food Crisis

Stats SA: GDP increases by 1.6% in third quarter of 2022

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintThe Citizen, 6 December 2022 Stats SA has announced that South Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 1.6% in the third quarter of 2022. Read More

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High food prices inspire stokvel formation

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintSibongile Mashaba, Sowetan Live, 30 November 2022 When the country was put under lockdown in 2020, it meant most of us had to stay at home and we consumed more food. Read More

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SA still among countries with most joblessness in the world- STATS SA

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintKgomotso Modise, Eyewitness News, 29 November 2022 Statistics South Africa said that while the recent unemployment rate showed signs of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the country remained among those with the most joblessness in the world. Read More

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Government still faces massive challenge in fostering job growth: Cosatu

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintSABC News, 29 November 2022 Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu)’s Parliamentary Coordinator, Matthew Parks, says the government still faces a massive challenge in fostering the conditions for job growth, despite the one percentage point decrease in the unemployment … Continue reading

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Basic food basket gets even pricier, will hit poor households hardest

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintIna Opperman, The Citizen, 29 November 2022 Poor households are again paying more for their food baskets in November due to price increases for almost all nutritious foods. Read More

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South Africans feeling the pain as basic food basket up R500 on a year ago

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintSuthentira Govender, Sowetan Live, 29 November 2022 South Africans are forking out more than R500 more each month for basic food items compared with a year ago. Read More

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