The Cracks Turn Into Crevasses. Counting the Real Cost of the Crazy Cost of Living

Covid-19, loadshedding, and now, crippling electricity price hikes and record-high fuel prices.

The cost of living, especially when it comes to critical essentials such as food and transport, is rising far faster than any of us can hope to keep up with.

Even those sectors of the population that have previously weathered the situation reasonably well are struggling.