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South African farmers are recognised for their strength and resilience, but they are human as well. The stress from ongoing ...
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Your grocery bill: Seven foods with major price hikes
This report summarises the findings from the NAMC Food Basket: 28 Selected Food Items Prices (issue 113, April 2025), which ...
Budget 2025 3.0: Agricultural allocations and related factors
After the 2025 budget was broadly rejected due to VAT increase, the Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, has come back ...
Consumers are on the back foot, warns report
The latest report from the Centre for Risk Analysis (CRA) paints a disturbing picture of the state of the South ...
What is the matter with South Africa’s maize prices?
Those closely following the South African maize market probably noticed a major price jump on 22 April.
Citrus growers sound alarm over US tariff on exports
This week, South African growers will begin packing the first citrus fruit destined for the US market. And, from Wednesday, ...
Crop data reaffirms South African agriculture’s recovery path
There might be regions in South Africa that aren’t fully recovering and have suffered from erratic weather. Still, the national ...
NAMC food basket: February 2025 vs February 2024
South Africa’s food inflation is expected to remain volatile in the coming months due to instability on global markets and ...
Food inflation outlook remains promising despite recent rise
As things stand, the slight increase in South Africa’s food inflation from January to February is not expected to raise ...
Food inflation has flattened, but people are still struggling
While average food price inflation last year was less than half of that in 2023, poor households in South Africa ...
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