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A customer browses vegetable in the fresh produce section inside a Checkers supermarket. South Africans continue to fork out 150% to 300% more for some basic vegetables at supermarkets. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
AFFORDABLE VEGETABLES SOUTH AFRICA

Food costs soar as supermarkets impose lower prices on farmers

But some fresh produce can still be bought for up to 300% cheaper than in supermarkets if purchased in bulk at municipal markets.

  • Lyse Comins
7 min read
About 5 000 farmers supply fresh produce to the Joburg market. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
BLACK FARMERS

Call for reform and pricing transparency in South Africa’s fresh produce markets

The Competition Commission has said that practises by fertiliser, agrochemical and seed companies may also distort competition

  • Lyse Comins
6 min read