Food insecurity is not new to South Africans, and the soaring prices of mainstay ingredients like chicken will make it even harder for people to access basic foods.
Chicken is a key part of South African culture but rising prices are making it harder to buy. This bad for a nation where half the adults live below the poverty line.
Hein Marais, an independent writer and researcher specialising in political economy, believes a universal basic income can help relieve the dispossessing pressures of capitalism, global warming, pandemics and social upheaval.