No more blood to squeeze from these stones
Friday, January 28, 2022 | 3140 Views |
Out of reach: Cooking oil prices rose by 28% last year, highlighting the difficulties consumers faced in the economy
Thanks to the increases in various administered prices last April, inflation, or the rate of increase in the prices of goods and services, has been trending at nine-year highs, effectively slapping many commodities out of the hands of citizens.
Administered prices which went up last April include:
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...