FOOD BASKET: R20 sugar saving highlights SA’s food affordability crisis as grants fall short

Iman Allie · Daily Maverick

Published 1 Oct 2026, 10:32 pm·6 d ago·1 min read

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A R20 saving on value-brand sugar exposes how packaging and marketing can drive up food prices, while civil society urges the government to rethink grants and its nutrition policy.

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