Are ONIONS becoming a luxury in SA? Onion prices spike by 67% in a year
Are ONIONS becoming luxury items for SA households? Recent statistics showed that the price of onions has spiked by 67% in a year.
Source: thesouthafrican.com
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Conundrum of national minimum wage and unemployment
Does it make a difference for low-income consumers if they earn the national minimum wage while it is set at such a low level?
Source: citizen.co.za
Household food basket prices increase again
Higher electricity prices have removed even more food from the food basket of consumers who already live far below the poverty line.
Source: citizen.co.za
'I know I'm sinning, but it's for my kids' – hunger and poverty drive spike in shoplifting in South Africa
A single, unemployed mother forced into shoplifting simply to feed her three children. The prospect of arrest is no deterrent.
Source: dailymaverick.co.za
Bird flu creeps inland, with virus mutation reported in Mpumalanga
No indication yet of the severity of the threat of the highly pathogenic H7 avian influenza, but farmers are on the lookout for further outbreaks.
Source: moneyweb.co.za