South Africans have flocked to the stores in search of the popular root ginger, with its healing properties, people are creating mixtures to help boost their immune systems.
A midst this, ginger has become scarce and expensive, with prices for the popular root more than doubling over the last six months.
Wholesale ginger in a 10 kilogram box now costs an average of R400 per kilogram,
People on social media have posted pictures of packets of ginger where prices have increased.
Twitter users posted that a kilo of ginger is R300 at Food Lover’s Market in Johannesburg and loose ginger is R199.99/kg at a Pick n Pay in Parow, Cape Town.
Pick n Pay also explained that ginger is experiencing a very high demand and many stores have had to import the product from other countries.
