In April 2025, Johannesburg remained the most expensive city in South Africa’s three major metros for groceries, followed by ...

The Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity revealed that South Africans spend an average of over R5,000 on groceries.

Despite a slight easing in inflation, South Africa's food prices have surged, leaving workers struggling to afford basic ...

The cost of the typical braai in South Africa has increased, with warning signs over beef prices in the country.

Economic modelling suggests that a basic income grant for all individuals aged between 18 and 59 could significantly reduce ...

South Africa remains one of the most unequal countries in the world. The country's per-capita expenditure Gini coefficient, a ...

Analysis - South Africa remains one of the most unequal countries in the world. The country's per-capita expenditure Gini coefficient, a measure of how spending from income is distributed, stands at 0 ...

This spike in food costs continues to negatively affect the poor, who are already bearing the brunt of the sluggish economy ...

South African food and non-alcoholic beverage (NAB) inflation – hereafter to be referred to just as food inflation, for brevity – decelerated slightly in year-on-year (y-o-y) terms in March, the ...

As the household food basket’s price increases, low-income consumers have to remove more nutritious food from their plates.

Durban has recorded the steepest rise in food prices over the past month, compared to the rest of the country.

At a time when we were worrying about excessive rains, predictably, a lot more attention was paid to these figures. Notably, ...