BNB Policy Report: The High Cost of being Poor Social Policy Initiative Food Insecurity Income Inequality Income Insecurity With the estimated income for a single black South African at R2900, spread across a household of 3.9 people, the cost of living is proving to be unaffordable. The Basic Needs Basket is a monthly survey of the cost of essential food and non-food items that comprise the items that a low income family in both rural and urban areas across the nine provinces of South Africa deem necessary. 2017 text PDF https://chr-atom.uwc.ac.za/bnb-policy-report-the-high-cost-of-being-poor-1 ZA UWC SPI 2025-0002-3-11 eng Republic of South Africa