Food prices climb again, here s how much a basket of basic will set you back.
17 May 2021 12:18 PM
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The Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity Group (PMBEJD) s has released its latest Household Affordability Index.
A basket of basic essentials costs R340 more than it did in September. That s an increase of 8.9%.
It means the average cost of a household food basket in South Africa is currently R4 198,93.
By comparison, a month s salary (based on 19 working days) for a general worker on minimum wage is R3 296,88.
The findings come from the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity Group (PMBEJD) s latest Household Affordability Index.
Critics said the proposed monthly levy on Johannesburg residents using prepaid electricity, which has now been withdrawn, would have punished already overburdened households and businesses.
Skyrocketing food prices leading to a struggle at the till The rest of the country is trying to get back to normal, but poor people are struggling more than ever, eating less and buying less nutritional food. Source Tuesday, 04 May 2021, 07:05 The women expect the next few months are going to be very difficult with the prices of everything already extremely high and continuing to increase.
BUSINESS NEWS - Poor people are getting hungrier while the rest of the country is trying to return to some kind of normal.
Mothers are buying low-quality starch to keep tummies full while meat and fruit becomes unaffordable. Housebreaking is becoming more common as hungry people steal food and anything else that can be sold for cash or food.
The latest Household Affordability Index says women are only buying essential foods at the cheapest prices and cutting back on their own nutritional needs.
Elderly hit hard by sharp rise in food prices
By Lorna Charles
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DURBAN - The latest research from the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity Group (PMBEJD) has found that in Durban alone, the basic household food basket prices rose by 7.3% or R277.89 over the past seven months.
The price rose from R3 800.59 in September 2020 to R4 078.48 in March 2021.
Julie Smith, researcher at the PMBEJD, said: “These food spikes are devastating, but especially for the elderly - particularly those in homes who are on a fixed budget - and well beyond headline inflation. The fact is the government provided less and institutions have less money to draw on.”