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Food cost crisis: Is zero-rating the answer?
Food prices have become painfully high, but — contrary to a recent demand by the Democratic Alliance (DA) — zero-rating more grocery items won’t necessarily unburden poorer households as much as more targeted relief would.
Last week, the official opposition made a call to the government to use tax policy to rein in high food prices. This is as Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana prepares to deliver his second medium-term budget policy statement later this month.
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Sarah Smit
Sarah Smit is a general news reporter at the Mail & Guardian. She covers topics relating to labour, corruption and the law.
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