What Sefalana’s results tell us about the economy
Friday, February 06, 2026 | 160 Views |
Feeling the pinch: Sefalana is noting the effects of the economic contraction on its customers
Beneath all the economic jargon on cash crunches, soft GDP figures and liquidity crunches are consumers bearing the brunt at the margins of society as disposable incomes continue to shrink leaving families struggling to make ends meet.
On one frontier, Sefalana latest results show how households are facing increasing pressures particularly from food inflation coupled with low disposable incomes that face erosion from growing inflation.
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