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Inflation rate dips, but food prices keep rising and SA tightens belts
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintIna Opperman, The Citizen, 14 December 2022 Although South Africa’s headline inflation rate cooled in November, dipping by 0.2 percentage points to 7.4% compared to last year, food price inflation accelerated for the seventh month in a row, while transport … Continue reading
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
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
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
Cost of food soars nearly 11% in a year
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintSuthentira Govender, Times Live, November 2022 Struggling South Africans are paying nearly 11% more for basic food items than they did a year ago. Read More
Average household food basket up by R586,39
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintDevina Haripersad, The Citizen, 30 September 2022 According to the recent data release by the Heinrich Böll Foundation Southern Africa and the Constitutionalism Fund, the average household food baskets costs around R4805.86 in South Africa as of the month of … Continue reading
