Food affordability

This brief provides an overview of food prices, food inflation dynamics, its associated causes, and the cost of basic healthy eating for January 2025.  Download here to read the report.  

This brief provides an overview of food prices, food inflation dynamics, its associated causes, and the cost of basic healthy eating for November and December 2024. We also present a recap of food inflation dynamics in 2024. Download here to read the report.  

This brief provides an overview of food prices, food inflation dynamics, its associated causes, and the cost of basic healthy eating for October 2024. Download here to read the report.  

This brief provides an overview of food prices, food inflation dynamics, its associated causes, and the cost of basic healthy eating for September 2024. Download here to read the report.

This brief provides an overview of food prices, food inflation dynamics, its associated causes, and the cost of basic healthy eating for August 2024. Download here to read the report.

This brief provides an overview of food prices, food inflation dynamics, its associated causes, and the cost of basic healthy eating for July 2024. Download here to read the report.

This brief provides an overview of food inflation dynamics, its associated causes, and the cost of basic healthy eating for June 2024. Download here to read the report.

This brief provides an overview of food inflation dynamics, its associated causes, and the cost of basic healthy eating for May 2024. Download here to read the report.

This brief provides an overview of food inflation dynamics, its associated causes, and the cost of basic healthy eating for April 2024. Download here to read the report.

This brief provides an overview of food inflation dynamics, its associated causes, and the cost of basic healthy eating for March 2024. Download here to read the report.

This brief provides an overview of food inflation dynamics, its associated causes, and the cost of basic healthy eating for February 2024. This version of the Food Inflation Brief also incorporates the potential impact of the latest crop estimates on basic staple food prices in South Africa. Download here to read the report.

This brief provides an overview of food inflation dynamics, its associated causes, and the cost of basic healthy eating for January 2024. Download here to read the report.