The Pietermaritzburg Financial Justice and Dignity group (PMBEJD) frequently launch stats monitoring meals costs throughout the nation.

They examine these costs month by month and examine them to the place they have been a yr in the past.

That is fascinating to check these sensible on a regular basis procuring gadgets with the worldwide worth will increase as tracked by Authorities and Stats SA.

The most recent meals basket figures reveal simply how steep the rise for some gadgets has been, notably with greens experiencing double digit share will increase.

The knowledge is predicated on costs at 47 supermarkets and 32 butcheries, in Johannesburg (Soweto, Alexandra, Tembisa and Hillbrow), Durban (KwaMashu, Umlazi, Isipingo, Durban CBD, Hammarsdale and Pinetown), Cape City (Khayelitsha, Gugulethu, Philippi, Langa, Delft and Dunoon), Pietermaritzburg, Mtubatuba (in Northern KwaZulu-Natal), and Springbok (within the Northern Cape).