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Consumers are angry that the government is treating them like a cash cow instead of fighting corruption and improving its fiscal discipline. File photo by Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images

‘We can’t cut our household budgets any more’: Strapped South Africans lambast VAT hike

Consumers are angry that the government is treating them like a cash cow instead of fighting corruption and improving its fiscal discipline

  • Eyaaz
6 min read
Consumers are angry that the government is treating them like a cash cow instead of fighting corruption and improving its fiscal discipline. File photo by Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images

South African consumers are getting poorer

Salary increases are simply not keeping up with inflation, a new report shows

  • Eyaaz
3 min read
Consumers are angry that the government is treating them like a cash cow instead of fighting corruption and improving its fiscal discipline. File photo by Dwayne Senior/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Survey shows food prices soaring above headline inflation

National minimum wage earners can’t afford sufficient nutritious food to feed their families

  • Eyaaz
6 min read
Eskom are set to hike electricity prices by 12.74%. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Eskom gets the nod for double-digit tariff rises

The energy regulator has approved price increases for the power utility for the next three years

  • Eyaaz
2 min read