[LISTEN] South Africans Are Now Paying Over R 4,000 for a Basic Food Basket
Apr 01, 2021
The Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity Group says starving South Africans are now paying nearly 5% more for a basic food basket compared to seven months ago.
The groups Mervyn Abrahams was speaking to Radio Islam about its latest Household Affordability Index.
The survey tracks food prices in 44 supermarkets including 30 in Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town, Pietermaritzburg and Springbok.
Abrahams says key data has revealed that basic foodstuff continue to increase.
“We’ve see over the past month on month an increase of about R38.39 or 1% of the basket which now means that the basket of forty-four foods for a household of seven is now standing at R4,039.56.”
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BUSINESS NEWS - Job losses, wage cuts and little money have ensured that conditions for poor households continue to deteriorate.
Poor people are unable to buy enough nutritious food and grant increases below inflation have made this even worse.
Children are suffering the most as they need nutritious food to grow and develop.
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The average cost of the basket was R4,001.17 for February, R50.03 less than in January, but R144.84 more than it cost six months ago in September 2020. The basket was designed with the help of women who live on low incomes and includes the foods and volumes women living in a family of seven members (an average low-income household size).