Retailers cash in on search for COVID-19 home remedies

The prices of ginger and garlic have escalated so rapidly in local supermarkets that the Competition and Consumer Authority (CCA) has launched a probe to ensure there are no violations of laws that protect consumers.

Under the State of Public Emergency, food price increases in supermarkets are regulated and only allowed when related to costs and not to inflate margins.

The CCA also has legislation prohibiting cartel and collusive behaviour as well as ‘price gouging’, the latter referring to sellers unfairly hiking the costs of goods in response to high demand.

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Human rights are sacred

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...

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