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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)

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.

  • Eyaaz
7 min read
A gateman sits beside the banner of the National Labour Congress (NLC) at the entrance to the Federal High Court of Nigeria after unions began an indefinite strike in Abuja, on June 3, 2024. (Photo by KOLA SULAIMON/AFP via Getty Images)

Protests in African nations have more than doubled in the past five years

Struggling economies on the continent are leaving many unable to afford basic staples

  • Des Erasmus
4 min read
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Food prices top minimum wage growth

A Centre for Risk Analysis index measuring the ingredients used in making porridge shows that wages are not keeping pace with prices

  • Des Erasmus
5 min read