Many people buy offal to eat because they cannot afford better cuts of meat. Budget 2025 just emphasises the inequality in ...

Although South Africa’s VAT rate remains lower than the OECD average of 19%, the country's unique challenges make an increase ...

MinDA criticizes comparisons of Mindanao to Sub-Saharan Africa, emphasizing its role as the Philippines' food basket and highlighting its improved HDI and economic growth.

Understand how the VAT increase affects your grocery shopping and discover which essential items remain exempt.

South African consumers brace for a significant impact at the checkout as Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana's 2025 Budget ...

the group says the cost of these critical foods is still unaffordable for most South African households relative to their income. The only food item in the household food basket that cost more ...

The government plans to introduce agrihubs and food basket sites as part of innovations to drive forward its agriculture sector, under a new strategy, The New Times understands.The fifth edition of ...

structural solutions that lower the cost of a healthy food basket. That would mean no child would have to search for ...

Field teams from Qatar Charity (QC) in Sudan have begun distributing Ramadan food baskets to orphans ... approximately 4.5mn people in need across Africa, Asia, and Europe this year.

A breakdown by Statistics South Africa showed housing and utilities, food and non-alcoholic drinks ... and services in its consumer inflation basket and updated the weights to reflect changes ...

Inflation rose to 3.2% year on year in January from 3.0% in December, lower than the 3.3% forecast by economists and still well within the South African Reserve Bank's range of 3% to 6%.