May 2022 Household Affordability Index and Key Data Published: 1 June 2022 South African workers, mostly remunerated on extremely low wages, are under enormous stress.
June 2022 Household Affordability Index and Key Data Published: 30 June 2022 The escalation of food inflation on basic staple foods, one which households cannot absorb, and one where no apparent relief is forthcoming, at least in the near-term, is a major concern.
Our Move Next Published: 28 January 2022 In this anthology, we collectively offer catharsis, cautionary tales, hidden hopes, spiritual beliefs or dreams of the future, past or parallel present. We hope this offering finds a home in the hearts, hard drives and ethereal playgrounds of those who have been building the world, fighting injustice and soothing historic hurts. The extent of what you receive from the creative expressions we have collected, we could only (and happily) speculate. Our Move Next.
January 2022 Household Affordability Index and Key Data Published: 28 January 2022 The average cost of the Household Food Basket increased by R349,82 (8,6%), from R4 051,20 in January 2021 to R4 401,02 in January 2022.
Plastic Atlas: Facts and figures about the world of synthetic polymers Published: 5 November 2019 Break Free From Plastic and the Heinrich Böll Foundation are proud to be launching this first international English version of the Plastic Atlas together.
October Household Affordability Index Published: 23 October 2019 Food prices continue to rise. The trajectory is an upward trend. October 2019 sees a third consecutive month of increases in the cost of the household food basket which may continue to rise into the new year.
September Household Affordability Index Published: 1 October 2019 The Household Affordability Index for September 2019 has been published.
Perspectives #02/2019: Ecological and Social Transformation in Africa: Rethinking food systems for a +2°C world Published: 5 December 2019 This special edition of Perspectives was compiled with the Heinrich Böll Foundation’s North Africa offices and the Transform Africa project. It is dedicated to the emerging conversation of alternative approaches that challenge the historical bias towards the industrialisation of agriculture and the food system as the main strategy to address food insecurity while preparing for a +2°C world.
November Household Affordability Index Published: 27 November 2019 We are close to marking one year since the introduction of the National Minimum Wage. The value at which the NMW is set will be reviewed.
November 2022 Household Affordability Index and Key Data Published: 29 November 2022 In November 2022, food baskets decreased in Cape Town and Pietermaritzburg. Food baskets increased in Joburg, Durban, and Springbok.