South Africans are paying over R500 more for food than a year ago

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A year ago the average cost of the household food basket, comprising 44 basic items, was R500 less than today.

“The high cost of food remains a major crisis for millions of South African families and continues to frustrate people's need to ... afford proper nutritious food, be healthy and well, and in control of their future.”“This month, we are hearing women saying they feel the streets are becoming markedly more unsafe. More people are getting robbed. There is a feeling that more people are in trouble and desperate, and willing to steal to survive.

“In August 2022 PMBEJD calculates that workers’ families will underspend on food by a minimum of 46.8% .”

 

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