GOVERNMENT says people must look at the increase in the cost of living objectively, by focusing on key drivers such as mealie meal rather than generalising it. In an interview, Thursday, Finance and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane said the major driver of the cost of living was mealie meal. “Let me say that the increase in the cost of living really from what I see looking objectively at the statistics, I think you and I we must look at these things objectively. What are the objective optics? The objective optic is that the biggest driver of the cost of living is the mealie meal. So we should be careful that we don’t generalise issues when there is an...

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