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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
Hundreds of thousands of households rely on informal traders to buy food
AFRICAN CITIES FOOD CHALLENGES

South African cities face hunger and food insecurity as cost of living soars

Hundreds of thousands of households rely on informal traders to buy food

  • Lyse Comins
7 min read