The Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice & Dignity Group has built up an important database of the cost of groceries that low-income households buy regularly. Two years ago, the basket cost just over R4,000. Today, the same items cost just under R5,000, an almost 25% increase.In October 2020, the survey was expanded to include prices from Durban, Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Springbok in the Northern Cape. It previously only collected prices in Pietermaritzburg. The number of items in the basket was also expanded from 38 to 44 items during this expansion. Since February 2019 the price of a basket of goods has increased by 60%.