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The 2022 medium-term budget policy statement (MTBP), delivered by finance minister Enoch Godongwana recently, offers hope for South Africans.

Deputy Director-General at Stats SA, Joe de Beer, said that the income generated by the electricity, gas and water industry increased from R292 billion in 2019 to R330 billion in 2021.

Stats SA released the latest figures on the nature and structure of the industry on Thursday.

Stats SA released the latest figures on the nature and structure of the industry on Thursday.

Shoppers have been hit once again by rises in food prices and are now paying R600 more for the same basket of food than they were last year.

Stats SA says its been measured at 7.5% for September, slightly down from 7.6% in August.

A reduction in unemployment levels is the only yardstick to measure if government policy is working in getting the economy back on its feet.

In August alone, more than triple the number of companies were liquidated than were placed in business rescue, says Werksmans Attorneys Eric Levenstein.

Things that should never be normalised, in this or any other society, have become normalised

In 1999, three academics working through the Medical Research Council released a study on the abuse of women in parts of SA.