Unsparing inflation across basics from food and energy to housing is pushing millions into poverty, as our correspondents report
Orlando Garcia, a 60-year-old tricycle driver from Manila, used to be paid Php 1,300 a day but how he’s lucky if he can make just Php 700. Not only are there fewer customers, but gasoline prices have soared. “Every day it’s increasing,” he says. He can no longer afford to fill his tank.His earnings only just cover the cost of food for him and his family, and he makes do with simple foods, eating fried fish on its own, and cheaper mung bean dishes.
Like many restaurant staff in South Africa, Chawalala earns no salary, making a living from tips. The cost of the minibus that takes her to work has just gone up by 20%, after nationwide fuel price increases. “I am mixing maize and rice to keep the costs down. Everyone is struggling,” she said. “We talk about it at church on Sunday but we can’t help each other out like we used to do because everyone used all their savings during Covid.
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