About 2.2 million households in South Africa are missing a meal a day.
This was revealed in the Community Survey 2016 released by Statistics SA in Pretoria on Thursday.
The survey showed that 13.3% of households in the country had “skipped” a meal in the 12 months before the survey.
The province with the largest proportion of households that skipped a meal was Eastern Cape at 17.6%‚ followed by Northern Cape at 17.5%‚ North West at 17.4%‚ Free State 15.7%‚ KwaZulu-Natal 14.8%‚ Mpumalanga‚ 14.8%‚ Limpopo 12.9% and Gauteng at 10.8%. Western Cape had the lowest proportion of households that skipped a meal at 8.4%.
Another scary statistic was that nearly one-fifth of households surveyed reported to have run out of money to buy food in the 12 months preceding the survey.
The 2016 survey was conducted between March and April 2016 among 1.3 million households across all South African communities.
Eastern Cape has the largest proportion of households that skips a meal
This was revealed in the Community Survey 2016 released by Statistics SA in Pretoria on Thursday.
The survey showed that 13.3% of households in the country had “skipped” a meal in the 12 months before the survey.
The province with the largest proportion of households that skipped a meal was Eastern Cape at 17.6%‚ followed by Northern Cape at 17.5%‚ North West at 17.4%‚ Free State 15.7%‚ KwaZulu-Natal 14.8%‚ Mpumalanga‚ 14.8%‚ Limpopo 12.9% and Gauteng at 10.8%. Western Cape had the lowest proportion of households that skipped a meal at 8.4%.
Another scary statistic was that nearly one-fifth of households surveyed reported to have run out of money to buy food in the 12 months preceding the survey.
The 2016 survey was conducted between March and April 2016 among 1.3 million households across all South African communities.
Would you like to comment on this article?
Register (it's quick and free) or sign in now.
Please read our Comment Policy before commenting.
Trending Now
Latest Videos