[TOP STORY] Township consumer insights: The high cost of coping in 2026

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Mongezi Mtati, senior brand strategist at Rogerwilco, points out that ‘It changes lives … if you get home at six or seven in the evening and suddenly don't have power and don't have water, don't have the money to buy the fast food … for supper for a family of four to six’.
25 Sep 2AM English South Africa Business News · Business

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