The economy is not growing fast enough.
Now, households are bearing the brunt and barely scraping through.
A recent report by the Socio-Economic Rights Institute has found that 23percent of households don’t have enough food to eat.
Low wages and rising food prices are leaving many unable to afford nutritious meals.
Emergency Medicine Specialist Charl van Loggerenberg says they are seeing an influx of patients ending up in the ER presenting with malnutrition.
He tells HeartFM News that cases vary….
Meanwhile, economist Dawie Roodt says South Africa has been implementing the wrong macro-economic policies.
He says this has been having a negative impact on our economy funnelling into our food basket affordability….
