The Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity group (PMBEJD) regularly release stats tracking food prices across the country.
They compare these prices month by month and compare them to where they were a year ago.
This is interesting to compare these practical everyday shopping items with the global price increases as tracked by Government and Stats SA.
The latest food basket figures reveal just how steep the increase for some items has been, particularly with vegetables experiencing double digit percentage increases.
The information is based on prices at 47 supermarkets and 32 butcheries, in Johannesburg (Soweto, Alexandra, Tembisa and Hillbrow), Durban (KwaMashu, Umlazi, Isipingo, Durban CBD, Hammarsdale and Pinetown), Cape Town (Khayelitsha, Gugulethu, Philippi, Langa, Delft and Dunoon), Pietermaritzburg, Mtubatuba (in Northern KwaZulu-Natal), and Springbok (in the Northern Cape).