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Budget Speech DA
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Rising food prices: Index shows increase in cost of core foods

DA food vat
News

DA wants government to cut food costs, scrap VAT on certain items

food
Lifestyle

Savvy shopping: How to save money on your grocery food haul

Budget Speech DA
News

Rising food prices: Index shows increase in cost of core foods

DA food vat
News

DA wants government to cut food costs, scrap VAT on certain items

food
Lifestyle

Savvy shopping: How to save money on your grocery food haul

chicken
Lifestyle

Forget petrol: Woolies rotisserie chicken gets another price hike!

By Megan van den Heever08-08-2022 18:04

‘Did the chicks go to private schools?’: Tweeps have proposed a Woolworths boycott after another price hike on their rotisserie chicken.

World food prices
World News

World food prices drop after restarted Ukraine grain exports

By Agence France-Presse07-08-2022 17:55

World food prices which soared to a record high in March after Russia invaded Ukraine, declined in July after restarted Ukraine grain exports

Ayanda Borotho
Celeb News

‘Set up solar stokvels’: Ayanda Borotho’s advice amid Eskom crisis

By Nokuthula Ngcobo30-06-2022 15:46

With the ongoing load shedding crisis, as well as food & petrol price hikes, Ayanda Borotho is offering South Africans some solutions.

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Food prices today vs one year ago: South Africa is down BAD…

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty29-06-2022 16:35

Food and basic hygiene products continue to rise in South Africa with items such as 5l of cooking oil costing an average of R228,94.

Food inflation
News

A closer look at food inflation in South Africa: poor people hit the hardest

By The Conversation14-06-2022 13:43

Rising food prices have been a concern world wide. South Africa has concerns about people failing to afford basic foodstuffs.

east and southern Africa
Africa News

How would enforcing competition ease food price hikes in east and southern Africa?

By The Conversation02-06-2022 11:33

Farmers in east and southern Africa are said to be getting a raw deal. They face high commercial interests, high transport cost and poor storage facilities.

South Africans have been hit by a massive petrol price increase on Wednesday 1 June
Lifestyle

Take your wife somewhere expensive tonight…the petrol station!

By Megan van den Heever01-06-2022 16:10

This joke had already done the rounds, but now the pain at the pumps is hitting hard. Here’s what you can get for the price of petrol.

fuel prices petrol diesel December
Lifestyle

‘Litre of petrol costs more than minimum wage’: Tweeps bemoan fuel hike

By Megan van den Heever01-06-2022 09:31

Many South Africans will have to work more than a full hour to afford just one litre of petrol following fuel hikes on Wednesday 1 June…

Plate
Lifestyle

Plate of The Nation report: What meals are South Africans having?

By Nokuthula Ngcobo22-05-2022 20:56

The third instalment of the Plate of The Nation report is to understand the eating habits of South Africans amid food price hikes.

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Food, electricity and fuel: Rising costs hurting South African households

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty04-05-2022 12:46

Citizens in South Africa are facing rises in food, electricity and fuel prices but when does the struggle end for locals?

Food prices groceries lockdown
News

Brace for ANOTHER disaster: KZN floods to send food prices sky-rocketing

By Thabo Baloyi22-04-2022 12:06

Government has allayed fears of a possible food shortage in the wake of the devastating floods in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN)

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Comp Commission to investigate fresh produce sector as prices soar

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty29-03-2022 08:47

The Competition Commission announced recently that it launched a probe into the fresh produce sector – here’s why…

french fries
Lifestyle

SA’s slap chips and fried chicken prices next in firing line amid Ukraine war

By Nokuthula Ngcobo21-03-2022 15:35

You could see yourself paying more for your favourite fast-food meals due to the increase in sunflower oil prices.

food
Lifestyle

SA homes rocked by massive price shocks – Household Affordability Index

By Naledi de Wee02-03-2022 16:44

The average basket of food for a family in South Africa will set you back more than R4 300, this is an 8.9% increase from February 2021.

The biggest changes for year on year comparisons in the latest Household Affordability Index , ultimately saw food prices costing 6.3% more than last year.
Lifestyle

Christmas price shocks: Hungry households rocked by higher food costs

By Erene Roux02-12-2021 15:07

Red Riding Hood would have to cough up a lot more to feed her grandmother in the Tokai Forest as SA food prices are on the rise again…

What summer body? Woolies intr
Lifestyle

What summer body? Woolies introduces new Chuckles flavour ice cream

By Erene Roux12-11-2021 12:08

In their attempt to ‘fix 2021’, Woolies introduced a new ice cream flavour based on their ionic malt Chuckles!

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News

Eight basic food items that are making life so expensive right now

By Lyse Comins29-10-2021 09:59

Many SA women are anxious about not being able to afford nutritious food as grocery bills spiral on the back of sharp energy price spikes.

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News

Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg: Who pays more for food?

By Lyse Comins28-10-2021 13:00

Food prices vary in South Africa’s major cities and a new survey shows just exactly how much residents are paying for a basket of groceries.

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News

Food prices surge 10.2% in October, new survey shows

By Lyse Comins27-10-2021 10:19

SA families are battling to put food on the table as spiralling electricity prices drive production costs ever higher.

workers Food prices of 12 basic items cheaper at Checkers
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SA workers under pressure, union calls for food price probe

By Lyse Comins21-10-2021 10:37

‘Workers are forced to carry the weight of almost impossible financial challenges, even since before the Covid-19 pandemic struck’ – UASA

food and fuel prices South Africa
News

‘A hungry man is an angry man’: How rising food prices may lead to unrest

By Gcina Ntsaluba28-09-2021 16:38

Rising food prices could lead to unrest in Africa as more people will not be able to afford food, researchers have warned.

‘The Oscars of Food’: Two SA r
Food & Wine

‘The Oscars of Food’: Two SA restaurants among the world’s best

By Erene Roux24-09-2021 13:21

Two South African restaurants made it onto The World’s 50 Best list, which is considered to be ‘The Oscars of the food industry’.

meat food prices
News

Meat prices push up overall cost of food basket as Mzansi braais

By Lyse Comins24-09-2021 11:29

It seems Mzansi’s craving for meat, especially on Heritage Day, popularly know as ‘National Braai Day’ today is driving up food prices.

workers Food prices of 12 basic items cheaper at Checkers
News

Food prices spike in Joburg, Durban and PMB after unrest

By Lyse Comins24-08-2021 11:02

“A 10% increase on basic food stuffs and a 14,95% increase on electricity will play havoc” – NGO on soaring SA food prices and unemployment

businesses Can’t get bread from the shops
Food & Wine

R75 for bread? Here’s what KZN has been paying for basics this week

By Alicia Naidoo16-07-2021 12:03

From bread being advertised at R75 to sugar at R150, here’s how much people have been forced to fork out due to looting and unrest in the province.

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