Consumer carnage on the street iol.co.za - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from iol.co.za Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Poor people unable to afford nutritious food – survey Food prices are keeping nutritious food off poor people’s plates which in turn makes them more vulnerable to Covid-19. Source Friday, 02 July 2021, 07:00 The group says the mothers who participate in the price survey say that high food prices have “hollowed out” proper nutrition on the family plate.
BUSINESS NEWS - The cost of the average household food basket has increased by R271.90 (7.1%) from September last year, when it cost R3,856.34, to R4,128.23 in June, according to the June 2021 Household Affordability Index.
Between May and June 2021 the average cost of the food basket decreased by R8.88 (-0.2%). The index, which is run by the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity Group, tracks food price data from 44 supermarkets and 30 butcheries in Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town, Pietermaritzburg and Springbok.
Court case looming as wine industry challenges government’s ‘blanket’ booze ban
The wine industry’s court challenge against government’s 14-day lockdown level 4 booze ban has been postponed.
Vinpro, which is leading the case, said this was to allow the state to file answering affidavits. The case was due to be heard in the Western Cape high court on Friday.
Vinpro, an organisation which represents about 2,600 wine and grape producers, has listed President Cyril Ramaphosa as the first respondent, traditional affairs and co-operative governance minister Nkosazana-Dlamini Zuma as the second respondent and Western Cape premier Alan Winde as the third respondent in their court papers.
SA moms face high food prices and the nutritional cost that follows Report warns that the lack of healthy food has removed an important line of defence against Covid-19 30 June 2021 - 19:35
Struggling SA mothers say high food prices have hollowed out proper nutrition on the family plate.
This has removed an important line of defence against Covid-19, states the latest Household Affordability Index report released by the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice & Dignity Group (PMBEJD) on Wednesday.
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