The annual rate for food and non-alcoholic beverages accelerated to some 2.8% in February from 2.3% in January ...

Traditional Africa food is organic plant-based with little meat, and fish often garnished with flavour. These are unrefined ...

As South Africa prepares for the unveiling of the revamped Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Wednesday, there is growing concern about the increasing costs of staple food items, particularly for the ...

Credit: Food Trail: South Africa , is the person ... on This combination is a South African staple, seen at many a barbecue. Pap is a cornflour paste, wors (boerewors) is a South African sausage ...

Makro is the most affordable grocery retailer in South Africa for a basket of essential grocery items compared to its top six ...

Why it’s time to stop under-estimating South African wine - For too long, South African wine has been dismissed as a ...

Uber Eats saw several interesting trends in 2024, with one user spending R20,000 on an order and another using the app 364 ...

“It is these core staple foods which carry the highest rand cost ... of these critical foods is still unaffordable for most South African households relative to their income.

The government’s phased VAT increase to 16% compounds economic challenges, significantly impacting South African food costs and lower-income households, explains Morne Botes, ccommercial director at ...

South African consumer inflation remains muted, but lower-income households are still forking out significantly more for a key portion of their caloric intake. And the prospect of another interest ...

Analysis - Poultry is one of the cheapest protein sources for the growing population of the east and southern Africa region.

Further, this is positive from a food inflation perspective as upward pressure dissipates into the second half of 2025.” Independent Online, popularly known as IOL, is one of South Africa’s ...