In the basket: The prices of some essential foodstuffs, such as potatoes, are down from last year. Photo: Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images
As South Africans go about their Christmas shopping, they can afford to loosen the purse strings a little, given that the average price of a food basket containing staples, including rice, maize meal, meat and vegetables, has decreased slightly compared with last year.
According to data from the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice & Dignity Group,…
