Hunger increases in SA despite Covid-19 welfare payments Reuters > By Reuters - 17 February 2021 - 10:14 The hunger rate compares to 14% recorded in an official survey in 2018, showing the impact of the pandemic, researchers wrote. Image: 123RF/nito500
Eighteen percent of South African households reported someone going hungry at the end of last year, a survey published on Wednesday found, with the situation worsening despite welfare payments to fight the impact of Covid-19.
The hunger rate compares to 14% recorded in an official survey in 2018, showing the impact of the pandemic, researchers wrote in findings of the National Income Dynamics Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (NIDS-CRAM), which followed 10,000 adults.