MIXED BAG Annual CPI picks up moderately in September as meat and maize prices remain elevated 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
G20 DIALOGUES Buffer stocks can help protect poor South Africans against food price shocks, say economic researchers 5 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
FOOD BASKET CHECK No relief for grant recipients, hikes loom and food prices remain unaffordable 3 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
THE PRICE OF BREAD Pilchards price drop relief while egg price remains high, finds Competition Commission 3 min 0 By Naledi Sikhakhane
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK Annual CPI picks up to 3.2% in January while food price inflation maintains downward trend 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
NO CONSUMER RELIEF Food inflation may be cooling but prices aren’t coming down fast enough 4 min 1 By Naledi Sikhakhane
BUDGET SQUEEZE SA’s cost-of-living crisis takes its toll on burdened consumers 8 min 1 By Neesa Moodley
COST OF LIVING South African consumer inflation accelerates in February, trajectory bodes ill for rate cuts 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
A SERVING OF SOLACE Cost of living — SA CPI accelerates to 5.3% in January but slowing food inflation brings relief 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
AGRICULTURE OP-ED SA food price rises in 2024 likely to moderate for most products 3 min 0 By Wandile Sihlobo
COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS Cost-of-living crisis as CPI races to 5.9%, ahead of rate decision 3 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
EGGFLATION NATION Egg prices spike more than 13% in October as avian flu scrambles supplies 3 min 4 By Ed Stoddard
HUNGRY AND DESPERATE OP-ED South Africa’s food crisis – avoidable, unnecessary and reaching epidemic proportions 4 min 2 By Andy du Plessis
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK SA’s annual factory gate prices slow significantly in June in latest sign inflation being brought to heel 3 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
COST OF LIVING At 5.4% in June, SA consumer inflation within Reserve Bank’s target range ahead of rate decision 3 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
HUNGER CRISIS ‘I know I’m sinning, but it’s for my kids’ – hunger and poverty driving the spike in shoplifting in SA 6 min 7 By Vincent Cruywagen
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK SA consumer inflation slows to 11-month low of 6.8%, but Reserve Bank still expected to hike rates 3 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
COMPANY REPORT Rolling blackouts a cluck-up for Astral Foods’ results — CEO lays into government 5 min 11 By Georgina Crouth
PPI SLOWS SA factory gate price inflation brakes in March, food price pressures ebb 2 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
COST-OF-LIVING CRISIS Food traders’ profits have soared faster than food prices - Unctad report 4 min 0 By Ed Stoddard
