Under the two-year pilot scheme, 100 unemployed technical college graduates have got a monthly grant of R2 000 since October 2022
World food and fuel costs have dropped but grocery prices at local supermarkets remain unaffordably high
The country is grappling with the H5 and H7 variants of the disease, which were first recorded in the Western Cape in April but have spread to other provinces
The Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity Group has said the cost of nutritious food is already unaffordable for poor households
In the wake of a food affordability crisis, prices at retail level are not controlled and the government is at arm’s length
The ability of informal traders to absorb any more shocks — suchas the fuel price hike — has reached zero