July 2020
- 30 July 2020: SAFM SUNRISE, Household Affordability Index and a Discussion Paper on Unemployment and a Basic Income Grant.
June 2020
- 24 June 2020: SAFM SUNRISE, Household affordability thresholds now threaten to be further breached.
- 24 June 2020: ENCA, Cost of household food basket rising.
- 19 June 2020: SABC TV News, COVID-19 Pandemic | Study shows an increase of 30% in price of basic foods.
- 17 June 2020: Power FM Radio, South Africans spending 30% more on basic food items since lockdown began.
- 17 June 2020: ENCA TV NEWS, Consumers may now be spending 30% more on food.
- 17 June 2020: SABC Morning Live, Covid-19 Pandemic, Families may now be spending 30% more for essential foods.
- 16 June 2020: Cape Talk, Starving SA paying more for food under lockdown.
- 10 June 2020: e.TV News, Poor paying more for food.
- 9 June 2020: Radio 702, Grocery costs impacting heavily on families living on low incomes.
May 2020
- 27 May 2020: Afrika News AM Report, Is the Government doing enough to help low-earning South Africans during the COVID-19 pandemic?
- 16 May 2020: PLAAS Webinar, Democratising South Africa’s food system in and beyond the crisis.
- 13 May 2020: COPAC Webinar, Worsening Food Crisis, – Exploring possibilities for partnership between Government, the Solidarity Fund and progressive civil society.
April 2020
- 28 April 2020: Cape Talk, Food Prices Rocket.
- 23 April 2020: Cape Talk, ‘There is no way R350 Covid-19 grant can turn into the potential of a livelihood.’
- 21 April 2020: Voice of the Cape Radio, The Burning Issue: Why South Africa is facing a food crisis?
- 16 April 2020: SAFM Radio, Looking at the SASSA grant system in South Africa and its function during the national lockdown.
- 1 April 2020: ENCA, Household Food Index increase.
- 1 April 2020: Radio 702, The COVID19 lockdown and its impact on food security.
February 2020
- 18 February 2020: ENCA, “3.8% is way, way too low:” Economic Justice activist on minimum wage increase.
January 2020
- 30 January 2020: SAFM, Food prices continue to rise.
- 30 January 2020: eNCA, Household food basket jumps in price.
December 2019
- 13 December 2019: SAFM Radio, Households struggling as prices increase.
- 13 December 2019: eNCA, Household affordability index shows price increase in food.
November 2019
- 25 November 2019: eNCA, The national minimum wage isn’t enough to even cover the three core goods and services.
October 2019
- 23 October 2019: SAFM, Household Food costs rises.
- 23 October 2019: eNCA, A spike in the price of vegetables.
- 23 October 2019: SAFM radio, Household Food costs rises.
- 16 October 2019: SAFM, The Mediated Conversation on issues around hunger, healthy food and accessibility.
August 2019
- 29 August 2019: SAFM, The Poor Spending Less on Nutritious Food.
- 21 August 2019: PowerFM, Malnutrition is stunting our children and future work force.
May 2019
- 28 May 2019: ENCA, Low income households struggling to survive.
- 28 May 2019: ENCA News, https://youtu.be/RA3GdjXhUtM.
March 2019
- 27 March 2019: SAFM, How cost of living has changed over ten years.
February 2019
- 5 February 2019: Moneyweb, Minimum wage will leave workers worse off – justice group.
- 7 February 2019: Channel Africa, #SONA Pensioners call on Ramaphosa to increase their grant.
- 7 February 2019: Power FM, The Pietermaritzburg Pensioner’s Forum request for a 13th cheque and an increase pension to a living wage.
- 8 February 2019: eNCA, Gogos ask for 13th cheque.
- 8 February 2019: Morning Live (SABC News), Pietermaritzburg Pensioners Forum calls for a living wage grant.
2018
- 21 August 2018: RSG, Monitor voedselmandjie.
- 2018: Radio 786 100.4FM, Food price an attack on the poor.
- 2018: POWER FM987, Starved by food prices.
