Food security for the poor at risk as food prices soar

On Thursday, 14 April 2016, Democratic Alliance Shadow Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Annette Steyn MP, will brief the media on the social consequences of rising food prices and the below-inflation social grant increases announced by Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan in his Budget Speech earlier this year. These below-inflation increases have been compounded by the ensuing drought and exacerbated by rising food prices. This socio-economic confluence will serve to make heavier ...