The number of people in South Africa able to meet their minimum nutritional needs slipped last year, as a weak economy and inflationary pressures hit households and deepened food insecurity.

Shoprite has launched a new Food Security Index, which warns that South Africa is in its worst position in over a decade.

According to the South African Food Security Index 2024, developed by two economists from the University of Stellenbosch, food security is at its lowest point in over a decade. The Index evaluates four dimensions of food security,