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
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 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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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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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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We release new food price data for Joburg, Durban, Cape Town, Springbok and Pietermaritzburg. Prices are tracked in 44 supermarkets and 30 butcheries which target low-income households. The average cost of a household food basket in September 2020 is R3 783,16. Read more about the Research Report National HAI, September 2020
On Wednesay, 30 September 2020, the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity Group will release the first edition of our new Household Affordability Index. The deepening food crisis in South Africa, exacerbated by Covid19 compelled us to expand the scope of our Household Affordability Index beyond Pietermaritzburg. We ran a pilot project from April-August and are…
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Households are not absorbing the shock of Covid and the lockdown. We are not just going to get out of Covid. The consequences of Covid will be very severe, will be with us for much longer than we think, and the socio-economic & socio-political disruptions will be very great. Read more…
The Basic Income Grant discussion is again before us. We argue in this Discussion Paper that we would need to change our policy mindset around the Basic Income Grant.
