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Key Data from July 2023 Household Affordability Index

1st August 2023

Eskom hike cuts government’s National Minimum Wage proposed offer in half

25th January 2023

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Key Data from December 2022 Household Affordability Index.

5th January 2023

Times are tough. Times are going to get tougher. Food prices rise again.

27th October 2021

The average Household Food Basket increased by R98,08 (2,3%) month-on-month, and R400,83 (10,2%) year-on-year. The rise in food prices in October are set to continue into 2022. Read More

Food Poverty Line Warning

29th September 2021

The updated Food Poverty Line is now R624/m. The Child Support Grant is R460/m. Every year our poverty indices get worse. Read More

Massive food price spikes in Cities affected by social unrest.

24th August 2021

The average cost of all household baskets has increased by R384,78 or 10% to R4 241,11 over the past 12 months. The food price spikes indicate that households are enduring great hardship and it is incumbent on the state to intervene. Read more

Food prices are rising as we approach the Festive Season.

25th November 2020

Food price data over the past three months shows that the average cost of the Household Food Basket has increased by R161,89 or 4,2%, taking the total cost of the basket in November to R4 018,22. These increases in basic food prices in the trollies of the majority of South Africans is alarming. The Household Food…
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Government’s decision to suspend the top-ups on the Old Age Grant and the Caregivers Grant is an absolutely terrible decision which will have devastating consequences for household hunger and undermine South Africa’s chances to recover from Covid19.

21st October 2020

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October Household Affordability Index and World Food Day

15th October 2020

We commemorate World Food Day 2020 in the midst of a pandemic, which requires proper nutrition to build strong and resilient immune systems to resist contracting Covid19 and recover if we do contract it. However, we have seen food prices in supermarkets rise substantially over the past several months making it very difficult for ordinary…
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The Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice & Dignity Group invites you to join us in a webinar to launch the new Household Affordability Index

9th October 2020

DATE: Thursday, 15 October 2020 // TIME: 11:00am – 12:00 noon //CLICK HERE TO REGISTER// After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. — The Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice & Dignity Group invites you to join us in a webinar to launch the new Household Affordability Index with food price…
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