Debt Rescue chief executive Neil Roets has previously warned that South
African households are facing a cumulative affordability crisis, with food,
fuel, electricity, transport and debt costs increasingly competing for the
same limited income.
In recent research cited by Roets, food and groceries were identified as the
most difficult household expense to afford by 39.6% of respondents,
followed by fuel and transport at 28.6%, while electricity and utilities
accounted for 19.6%.
Roets said consumers were experiencing these pressures collectively
rather than as isolated increases.
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