We need a radical method/plan to curb this rise in food prices!!! Report Abuse
Aug 16, 2012
Voetzek
I didnt care less because im good in stealing food, but at some shops i get my ass kicked Report Abuse
Aug 16, 2012
tpaz
@Lazjil, how?
eTolls will increase transport costs, passed on to the consumer.
I think profit margin on basic food should be set. How do you explain Pick n Pay selling 1Liter milk for R8 when they are buying it for R3 from the farmer? Report Abuse
It would be easier for the poor to steal and loot than pay for these basic foods at PNP,Shoprite,sPAR.
many of these shops are near the townships. Report Abuse
Aug 16, 2012
Mellow
sabc
It would be easier for the poor to steal and loot than pay for these basic foods at PNP,Shoprite,sPAR.
many of these shops are near the townships
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The poorest of them all dont live in townships they live in RURAL AREAS RURAL VERY RURAL and they have to spend +-R100 on transport only to go buy basic food
And the suffering shall continue I foresee crime rate doubling
WHO IS THE MINISTER OF GROCERY???m thinking of relocating to cuba,life in south africica is expensive.they increase my pay once in 12 months,n increase petrol n food 12 times in 12 months. Report Abuse
Aug 16, 2012
TheTrueWord
And what is the government doing to ameliolate such eminent human catastrophe? Nothing! until there's a crisis no one in government thinks of circumventing the problem before it gets out of hand.
Ba busy ngale Mangaung yabo eyisicefe. Report Abuse
Aug 17, 2012
sgubhusenkwishi
The only way forward here is, the govt must subsidise the productive farmers with immediate effect and regulate the stable food prices, so that the poor who are the most vulnerable sector of our population can afford the stable food at their levels wherever they are in the community, as that govt subsidy would be used as a cushion and insurence to cover for the poor in such dire need and desperate times.
I think if I remember very well IFP has suggested this solution before and it remains relevant to this situation now. I am not its spoke person but I am just recalling this because it is a right thing to do at this time, the credit to them would be a bonus , for being critical thinkers. Report Abuse
Aug 17, 2012
trialsoftware
if the govt could drop vat on some food items like maize then the poor could be protected from this but I won't hold my breath Report Abuse
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Lazjizl
We need a radical method/plan to curb this rise in food prices!!!Report Abuse
Voetzek
I didnt care less because im good in stealing food, but at some shops i get my ass kickedReport Abuse
tpaz
@Lazjil, how?eTolls will increase transport costs, passed on to the consumer.
I think profit margin on basic food should be set. How do you explain Pick n Pay selling 1Liter milk for R8 when they are buying it for R3 from the farmer?
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MamaNeo
Modimo wa kgotso!! :(Report Abuse
sabc
It would be easier for the poor to steal and loot than pay for these basic foods at PNP,Shoprite,sPAR.many of these shops are near the townships.
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Mellow
sabcIt would be easier for the poor to steal and loot than pay for these basic foods at PNP,Shoprite,sPAR.
many of these shops are near the townships
............................................................................................
The poorest of them all dont live in townships they live in RURAL AREAS RURAL VERY RURAL and they have to spend +-R100 on transport only to go buy basic food
And the suffering shall continue I foresee crime rate doubling
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mphoyyyy!!!
WHO IS THE MINISTER OF GROCERY???m thinking of relocating to cuba,life in south africica is expensive.they increase my pay once in 12 months,n increase petrol n food 12 times in 12 months.Report Abuse
TheTrueWord
And what is the government doing to ameliolate such eminent human catastrophe? Nothing! until there's a crisis no one in government thinks of circumventing the problem before it gets out of hand.Ba busy ngale Mangaung yabo eyisicefe.
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sgubhusenkwishi
The only way forward here is, the govt must subsidise the productive farmers with immediate effect and regulate the stable food prices, so that the poor who are the most vulnerable sector of our population can afford the stable food at their levels wherever they are in the community, as that govt subsidy would be used as a cushion and insurence to cover for the poor in such dire need and desperate times.I think if I remember very well IFP has suggested this solution before and it remains relevant to this situation now. I am not its spoke person but I am just recalling this because it is a right thing to do at this time, the credit to them would be a bonus , for being critical thinkers.
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trialsoftware
if the govt could drop vat on some food items like maize then the poor could be protected from this but I won't hold my breathReport Abuse
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