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Tag Archives: Food Security
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
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
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
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
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
