SA food insecurity deepens as inflation bites

The number of people in South Africa able to meet their minimum nutritional needs slipped last year, as a weak economy and inflationary pressures hit households and deepened food insecurity.

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A Food Security Index commissioned by Africa's largest grocer, Shoprite Holdings, shows SA was only 45.3% food secure last year.

That was the lowest reading in the series since 2012, and was down from a peak of 64.6% in 2019.

"After 30 years of democracy, it is unfathomable that hunger remains one of the top socio-economic issues facing our country," Shoprite chief sustainability officer Sanjeev Raghubir said in a report published on Wednesday.