East Coast Radio - Catch Up ECR Newswatch interviews and soundbytes

Onion and tomato prices up 110% in five years!

--:--
South African consumers are paying R2,279 more for food than they did in 2019. An average food basket cost R3,051 five years ago. The same basket costs R5,330 now. The price of onions, tomatoes, apples and samp skyrocketed by between 110 and 190 per cent. Mervyn Abrahams, who is a researcher at the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity Group, has been speaking to Newswatch's Tamasha Khanyi about what led to these increases...
11 Jun 1AM English South Africa News · Daily News

Other recent episodes

Eskom working to restore power after snowstorm in KZN

Eskom in KZN says its teams are working to restore power to areas affected by the severe snowstorm. Since Friday night, a number of areas including Pietermaritzburg, Newcastle, Underberg, and Empangeni, have been without electricity…
22 Sep 3AM 1 min

Gift of Givers on N3 snow-stranded motorists and relief efforts

Relief and recovery operations have been underway since the N3 toll route was reopened last night. Thousands of people travelling on the national route were trapped their vehicles when snow brought traffic to a halt on Friday. On Saturday, graders and rescue teams began clearing the area in the vicinity…
21 Sep 4AM 2 min

Invasive Plant Species Threaten Ferncliffe Forest in Pietermaritzburg'

Ferncliffe Forest, located on the outskirts of Pietermaritzburg, is under threat from invasive plant species. Janine Stephen, one of the founders of the Ferncliffe Forest Wilding Project. Some invasive plants like Bugweed are trees that invade, some are like creepers, like the unbelievably thorny Mauritius Thorn.
5 Sep 2AM 7 min
All episodes