The Minister of Finance described the budget as a way out of economic stagnation. However our assessment of Budget 2018 is that it does not respond adequately to the economic crisis as experienced by millions of Black South Africans…
Budget fails black working class Read Post »
The PACSA Food Price Barometer tracks the monthly prices of the foods in the trolleys of households living on low incomes. It is specifically designed to measure food price inflation as experienced by households living on low incomes. The crisis…
Economic crisis is a food crisis Read Post »
Month-on-month the price of the PACSA Food Basket has come down by R14.37 (-0.7%) from R2 068.35 in March 2017 to R2 053.98 in April 2017. Whilst this is a good thing, the price drop is not large enough, nor…
Drop in April food prices – but not enough to offer households relief Read Post »
This month’s data shockingly shows an increase in the cost of the PACSA food basket. After the long period of drought and high temperatures which contributed to the substantial food price hikes reflected on supermarket shelves from November 2015; it…
Food prices up again in March 2017 Read Post »
According to Pietermaritzburg Agency for Community Social Action (PACSA), inflation on the PACSA Food Basket has decreased in February 2017. But it is too soon to tell whether this drop signals the start of a general downward trend in food…
Inflation down on PACSA Food Basket in February 2017 Read Post »
The price of the PACSA food basket increased by 9% (R148.94) over the last three months from R1 648.10 in November 2015 to R1 797.04 in January 2016. The month-on-month increases for Nov 2015-Dec 2015 was 4.01% and for
PACSA Monthly Food Price Barometer – January 2016 Read Post »
