Advocacy and Submissions

Advocacy and Submissions

2017 PACSA Submission on 2017 Appropriation Bill
2017 PACSA Submission on Msunduzi Municipality draft tarrifs
Budget 2017: PACSA Response
Media Release National Minimum Wage
Budget 2017 is not transformative
PACSA’s Submission: National Budget 2017
National Minimum Wage: A response
Budget 2016: A strong society and economy is built on its people: social grant allocations inadequate.
2016 National Treasury submission: 2016 Budget
2016 NERSA submission
2015 Budget 2015 factsheet
2015 Budget 2015 response to budget
2015 National Treasury submission 2015 budget
2015 Department of Health submission food price affordability impact on public health care sector
2015 Msunduzi Municipality submission draft tariffs
2015 NERSA submission
2014 Msunduzi Municipality submission draft tariffs
2014 National Treasury submission 2014 budget
2013 Msunduzi Municipality submission draft tariffs
2013 Msunduzi Municipality submission draft tariffs_addendum
2012 Msunduzi Municipality submission draft tariffs
2012 Msunduzi Municipality submission reviewed indigent policy

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No cash for Christmas cheer

No cash for Christmas cheer

Author Sonia Nunthoolall

It is going to be an expensive Christmas for consumers. Durban counselling agencies and economists have painted a gloomy picture of this festive season as food prices rise, and have urged the “working middle class” to spend cautiously at this time. The prices of food essentials rose more than 2 percent in the past month, according to Mervyn Abrahams, director of the Pietermaritzburg Agency for Community Social Action (Pacsa), who runs a monthly food price barometer.

Business News / 19 November 2016.

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Inside Labour: For the poor, policy offers little relief

Inside Labour: For the poor, policy offers little relief

Author Sonia Nunthoolall

With the usual flurry of comment and analysis, another mini budget has come and gone. But for the majority of workers, whether employed or unemployed, such policy machinations are of little interest because they are too busy trying to survive in an increasingly harsh environment. Inflation for the poor – always much higher than the official cost of living index – has risen steadily and looks likely to rise still further. In the year to the end of September, for example, that staple of poor households, mealie meal, rose in price by more than 32% – a 25kg bag now costs R170.80 more than it did a year ago. According to the food monitor maintained by the Pietermaritzburg Agency for Community Social Action, five “priority foods” bought by poorer households rose in price by an average of 25% over that 12-month period.

Read the full article here published by Fin24.com on 30 October 2016

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Health-E News: Fighting for food as costs soar

Health-E News: Fighting for food as costs soar

Author Sonia Nunthoolall

You know the story. You go to the supermarket and come out with less than expected, having paid more than you had budgeted for. Food inflation has risen rapidly over the past year, fueled by the drought, a weak rand and, some say, market manipulation by retailers. A 25kg bag of maize meal – South Africa’s staple food – has increased by almost a third in the past year, now costing R225, 82. Meanwhile, onions cost 75% more and potatoes 70% more than a year ago. “The prices really get your heart beating. All of the big things have gone up,” a woman told the Pietermaritzburg Agency for Community Social Action (PACSA), which monitors the cost of food.

Read the full article here published by Daily Maverick on 24 Oct 2016

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