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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  

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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