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Tag Archives: Food Prices
Household food basket price for April increases again
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintIna Opperman, The Citizen, 29 April 2022 The household food basket price for April has increased, with cooking oil costing R52,35 more as the core food price that increased the most along with 34 of the 44 foods surveyed. Read … Continue reading
Ukraine crisis means food prices will see more spikes, not only in SA, but across Africa
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintIna Opperman, The Citizen, 27 April 2022 Food price inflation in Africa is likely to intensify across the continent in coming months, due to the heavy weighting of food of between 30% and 50% in the CPI basket, coupled with … Continue reading
Food prices hit record high as war sparks supply chaos
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintMegan Durisin, Business Live, 10 April 2022 Global food prices are surging at the fastest pace ever as the war in Ukraine chokes crop supplies, piling more inflationary pain on consumers and worsening a global hunger crisis. Read More
Hunger in Africa surges due to conflict, climate and food prices
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintReuters, 5 April 2022 Conflict, climate change and rising food and fuel prices are pushing about a quarter of Africans towards hunger, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Tuesday. Read More
Food basket increases by 10% in a year, cutting nutritious food for poor children
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintIna Opperman, The Citizen, 31 March 2022 The household food basket increased by 10% in a year, cutting the budget for nutritious food for poor children even before the increases in fuel and food prices due to the war in … Continue reading
Winter of discontent ahead as households brace for price shocks
FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintNivashni Nair and Suthentira Govender, Times Live, 13 March 2022 Cash-strapped South Africans are being warned to brace themselves for the toughest economic conditions in at least a decade as food prices spiral and the war in Ukraine threatens to … Continue reading
