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Household Affordability Index shows a worrisome increase in food prices 27 January 2021 4:54 PM Share This: Economic Justice & Dignity Group Programme director Mervyn Abrahams says they have seen in an increase in prices of staple food. The January 2021 Household Affordability Index, shows that the average cost of the Household Food Basket increased. The affordability Index tracks food price data from 44 supermarkets and 30 butcheries in Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town, Pietermaritzburg and Springbok. The data shows the average cost of the Household Food Basket is R4 051,20. John Perlman sp...

6 January 2021, 9:47 AM  |  SABC  |  @SABCNews Image: eatforumPietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity Group says its food basket project research has shown the negative financial impact on poor households due to food price increases. The Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity Group (PMBEJD) says hunger, debt, unemployment, violence, poverty and inequality have escalated since the start of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in South Africa. The group says its food basket project research h...

Wednesday 6 January 2021 - 4:36pm Research from the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity Group shows food prices have risen by 17% over the course of 2020, spiking much higher than inflation for the year. The bottom line is, it's becoming impossibly expensive for people to eat. Mervyn Abrahams from the organisation spoke to Jeremy Maggs. Courtesy #DStv403 JOHANNESBURG - The Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity Group is calling for the Competition Commission to investigate the food value chain. Research done by the organisation shows food prices ...

Offaly Pro Life 'concern' at abortion study findings Reporter: editor@tullamoretribune.ie ');  '); “Sad and very concerning” was the reaction of Offaly Prolife to the recently published University College Cork study of pregnancy termination services in Irish hospitals last year. The report published in September in the British Journal or Obstetrics and Gynaecology looked at the experience of foetal medicine specialists in providing the new abortion service in the cases of unborn babies with life limiting conditions, representing 5 of the 6 fetal medicine units in Ireland. Doctors in the...