R561 a month: that’s what you need to spend on food to survive

R561 a month: that's what you need to spend on food to survive

An affordable, nutrient-rich shopping basket may include chicken or beef heads and feet, canned fish and fresh vegetables in additional to maize meal and maize products. Can you buy enough nutrient-rich food to stay alive? In SA, this means you need a basic income of R561 a month for each person in your household.

This – the food poverty line for 2019 – is the amount of money that an individual will need to afford the minimum required daily energy intake, says Statistics South Africa.

Stats SA’s new report on national poverty lines , assessing the cost of basic needs, also […]

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