Tag Archives: Food Crisis

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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