Tag Archives: Food Security

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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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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