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Tag Archives: Food Prices
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
South Africans to cut food expenses by 47%
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintThe Citizen, 25 August 2022 The rising prices of the average household food basket, electricity and transport against a national minimum wage that does not match the cost of living will force the general worker in South Africa to underspend … Continue reading
Retailers warned over opportunistic pricing of basic foods
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintMpho Sibanyoni, Sowetan Live, 25 August 2022 The Competition Commission has noted that retailers had a tendency of buying loaves of bread at a cheaper rate from manufacturers but failed to pass on the discounts to consumers, charging them almost … Continue reading
High food prices are here to stay for quite a while
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintIna Opperman, The Citizen, 22 August 2022 High food prices are expected to stick around for some time as demand remains high and supply constrained into next year and even worsen in 2023 and beyond as unpredictable weather patterns add … Continue reading
