Here s what the health experts have to say Toni Jaye Singer > By Toni Jaye Singer - 08 February 2021 - 13:17 Image: Oleksandra Naumenko/123RF
Social media is awash with posts about how the cost of fresh ginger has recently skyrocketed with some SA stores reportedly selling it for as much as R480/kg.
The first is that fresh ginger isn t currently in season in SA. As a result, we re paying above odds for imported produce that s in high demand, but short supply, globally.
The second is that people are perceivably buying fresh ginger in the hopes of using it to boost their immune systems and ward off Covid-19.