Article: Cabinet concerned about escalating food prices

[ponder]

I wonder how much food actually gets thrown away. Those with means produce much more than needed and lots of it goes to waste.

A lot. You can't exactly give it away either as it would devalue your own product & profits. Where's the incentive to produce if people are just gonna get it for free anyway.

 

[waynegohl]

Tina Joemat-Pettersson is an ass, she will blame Walmart for this.

 

[Nicodeamus]

it is kinda obvious, to much extra levies on all our taxes or government services will put up the prices of food and the fact that farming isn't the most aspiring career in SA at the moment!

 

[Nicodeamus]

It is just a vote-gathering exercise. The whole food story cannot be fixed by one operation. It starts at the farmer, then the expensive distribution, storage, more distribution. Then, a good deal of food gets thrown away, often when there is nothing wrong with it. The "best-by" dates on food are to blame for this

You need to learn the difference between a law and a standard...you're allowed to sell rotten milk, but no one is going to buy it!

 

[Keeper]

Let them eat cake.

where was that from, that sounds familiar?

 

[reactor_sa]

Anc all talk, no fix. What's new...

 

[Hemi300c]

The gravy isn't coming cheap anymore.

 

[Celine]

stop talking.........do something about it already.

 

[marine1]

Cabinet and the ANC are the main reason for all of this so what exactly are they concerned about?

 

[BandwidthAddict]

Cabinet and the ANC are the main reason for all of this so what exactly are they concerned about?

They're worried that the peasants will catch a clue and pin the tail on their donkey.

 

[bekdik]

The people must switch off their eating

 

[ToxicBunny]

The people must switch off their eating

Agreed..

Your eating levels are too high, please stop eating unnecessarily.

 

[Devill]

Wtf? People blame the government? Lol, the are a small contributing factor. Big business want the highest profit margins and as long as people do not vote with their wallets it will keep being over inflated.

 

[j4ck455]

They're worried that the peasants will catch a clue and pin the tail on their donkey.

What, has Malema the village idiot of Donkeyville returned?

 

[Jarrod]

For many years SA was a net food exporter now we import more than we export. Goverment should protect our farmers at all cost. NB all farmers white black pink or orange does not matter what race group.

 

[Devill]

Wtf? People blame the government? Lol, the are a small contributing factor. Big business want the highest profit margins and as long as people do not vote with their wallets it will keep being over inflated.

 

[j4ck455]

The evill one has quite a latent echo, or perhaps he forgot he had already posted that earlier?

 

[w1z4rd]

For many years SA was a net food exporter now we import more than we export.

Since when do we import more food than we export?

 

[Necuno]

Cabinet has expressed concern at the escalation of food prices and the impact it is having on the poor.

According to a Cabinet statement, issued by Government Communications (GCIS) on Friday, the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Tina Joemat-Pettersson will brief Cabinet on the matter at the next Cabinet meeting.

We just fix it with a lot of money like this:

 

[Jarrod]

Since when do we import more food than we export?

At the moment on cell but please google south africa net food importer. Seems since 2007/8