This is according to an advocacy organisation, the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity Group.
“30kg of maize meal which has increased, year on year by 11%, 10kg of flour which is increased by about 24 %, 5l of cooking oil which has increased by a whopping 69 % over the past year, 10 kg of chicken pieces which has increased by about 14 %, 60 eggs having been increased by 14 % and brown bread having increased over the past year by close to 15 % in cost. We have also seen a lot of fluctuations in the cost of fresh produce.
“Last month I did groceries. It cost normally R4000; you put in your normal basic stuff and meat on top. Last month with R4000, I couldn’t even say I can have pork, lamb, or whatever. It’s now a matter of; you now have to go for beef tin, rather than buying beef. You now have to go for the cheaper things, tin stuff, tin fish; those are the things that we now have to buy instead of buying your normal meat or whatever.
This is likely to further drive up malnutrition rates in the country. However, Abraham’s says, the rising cost of living is not just impacting on families below the breadline.
Not long now. Better get hold of a wheelbarrow to carry cash for grocery shopping
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Basket for R4600? Ngamanga al'hlaza...
Blessed are those who can afford this...😥
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