Says a report commissioned by Shoprite, the country's largest supermarket group.
At least 49% of South Africans will battle food hunger come 2025 and those living in Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal, the North West and the Northern Cape are expected to feel the worst of it.
However, according to the JSE-listed retail giant’s Food Index 2023 released on Monday, approximately 21.18% of children in the country face stunted growth in the next two years as a result of food insecurity. Prospects are slightly better in the Western Cape – the country’s international tourism hub – and its economic hub Gauteng, with expectations of a food insecurity threat to 41% and 47% of their respective populations.Interest rates are choking middle-class South Africans“The numbers in the Food Index are unacceptably high and the trickle of people escaping food insecurity too low,” Shoprite’s head of sustainability and CSI Sanjeev Raghubir said in a statement.
High food prices ADVERTISEMENT CONTINUE READING BELOW Shoprite’s insights come as the country faces high food prices with the latest Statistics SA data for August showing food inflation at 8%, higher than overall headline inflation of 4.8% that month.
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