Maize and wheat are the two most important staple foods in South Africa. With stable consumer demand of these grains and the ...

A few South African women from different cultural backgrounds explained how they enjoyed pap. Local social media users also shared their preferences.

Recent data from Statistics South Africa shows that food inflation peaked at 5.1% in ... In 1995, a middle-income household’s grocery basket of 12 staple items cost just R93.16.

If you walked into a grocery store in 1995 with R100 in your pocket, you could fill your trolley with staple foods, fresh produce, and even a few treats. %% ...

when they cut off food and other supplies to the miners underground for a period of time. It was an attempt to “smoke them out,” a South African Cabinet minister said, adding that authorities ...

Climate change is making it harder for African farmers to grow the continent’s staple crop, maize. But food activists in South Africa say a return to traditional diets could help. Reporting from ...

Food is expensive – prices in African cities have generally been much higher than in other developing regions of the world COP27, being held in Egypt in November 2022, must prioritise development, ...