Triple blow for South Africans as food prices add to consumer burden

The group’s monthly Household Affordability Index shows that food prices are up 9% over the last 12 months, with a significant jump between December 2021 and January 2022.

The PMBEJD warned that food inflation, particularly for items and in areas that affect the country’s poorest, currently far outstrips headline inflation and food inflation figures reported by Stats SA. “Together, transport and electricity – both non-negotiable expenses – take up 57% of the NMW, leaving R1,568.42 to secure all other household expenses. If all this money went to food, then for a family of 4.5, it would provide R348.54 per person per month. This is 44% below the Food Poverty Line of R624 per person per month,” the group said.

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