Category: Economy
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The Outlier’s Grocery Basket: A year in review
Here’s a look back at 12 months of collecting prices for basic goods at a selection of South Africa’s major retailers. Since we started this project in June 2022, a lot has changed.
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The Outlier’s Grocery Basket: May 2023
An update on our in-store survey of the same basket of basic goods at eight of South Africa’s major retailers, including, Checkers, Shoprite, Spar, Pick n Pay, Woolworths, Food Lover’s Market, Boxer Superstores and Makro.
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The Outlier’s grocery basket: April 2023
We have included Makro and Boxer Superstores on the list of South African retailers that make up our grocery basket survey. Now, we look at prices from eight stores in Gauteng.
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The Outlier’s grocery basket: March 2023
For the first time in 2023, the Spar basket was not the month’s most expensive, with the Checkers basket taking the top spot. Find out more in our March update.
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6% of taxpayers pay 60% of personal income tax in South Africa
But only one in five of the country’s 40-million working-age people earn enough to pay this tax.
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The Outlier’s grocery basket: December 2022
We’ve added a new store to our grocery basket comparison. Now, we look at the in-store prices of the same basket of goods across six major retailers.
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Many young adults are applying for the Covid-19 relief grant, but it’s not enough to eat properly.
Children up to the age of 18 years are the largest group of recipients of social grants in South Africa.
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SA Unemployment Tracker
Our unemployment tracker is updated every quarter following the release of new employment data by Stats SA.
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Unrest in SA: Joblessness and rising prices make a volatile mixture
Unemployment in South Africa is among the worst in the world and unemployment among the youth is particularly high, but that doesn’t tell the full story.