Tag Archives: Food Security

ANC to urge farmers to donate land for redistribution

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintCaiphus Kgosana, Times Live, 24 April 2022 The ANC wants farmers to donate land for redistribution to emerging black farmers, in a move that appears to be a radical rethink of earlier attempts to tackle SA’s land question. Read More

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Consumer spending under pressure as CPI rises to 5.9%

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintNaledi Ngcobo, SABC News, 20 April 2022 Consumers’ spending power remains under pressure as inflation continues to rise locally and in the globally economy. Read More

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Higher chicken and red meat prices also on the menu for consumers

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintIna Opperman, The Citizen, 12 April 2022 Higher chicken and red meat prices are also on the menu for consumers who are already punch-drunk from fuel, electricity and food price increases. Read More

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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

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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

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Petrol price to go up for April

FacebookTwitterLinkedinemailPrintEyewitness News, 4 April 2022 The Mineral Resources and Energy Department has announced an increase in all grades of petrol, diesel and paraffin. Read More

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