The hunger games

02 February 2016 - 02:05
By Graeme Hosken

Your basket of basic food is going to cost a lot more a lot sooner. Already in the past three months the prices of basic food items have increased by 9% on average.Some items like cooking oil, rice, samp, sugar beans, onions, cabbage, spinach and potatoes have sky-rocketed with percentage price increases hitting double digits.

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