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Africa-Press – Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>One thousand Namibian dollars (67 U.S. dollars) used to be enough for Eveline David, a resident of the Namibian capital Windhoek, to cover all essential groceries and transport for a month.<\/p>\n

Not any more since March, when the country\u2019s annual inflation rate reached 4.5 percent, up from 3.1 percent of the same month last year, according to Namibia Statistics Agency, attributing the surge to higher costs of transport, food and non-alcoholic beverages, and alcoholic beverages and tobacco.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe same amount of money can no longer afford me that much, and I had to devise new ways to survive,\u201d David said.<\/p>\n

She now turns to traditional food items and informal markets to make ends meet.<\/p>\n

Although not a new phenomenon, locals say dependency on traditional food items is more prevalent now than before. The approach is two-fold.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirstly, I source more food items from relatives in the village,\u201d David said. \u201cIn the past, I would rely mainly on buying from the retail shops and rely minimally on traditional items.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut now things have changed,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Items come with relatives travelling from the rural areas, from a distance of up to 800 kilometres from Windhoek, to avoid the high cost of courier services.<\/p>\n

The most popular items from the village are pearl millet, maize meal flour, dried spinach and peas.<\/p>\n

According to David, the approach saves her 300 Namibian dollars from the 1,800 Namibian dollars she usually has to pay since prices spiked.<\/p>\n

Anna Sem, another Windhoek native, has also resorted to traditional foods. Until recently, she mainly relied on retail shops for commodities.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am seeing more value in traditional food items, both in nutrition and diversity, especially amid increased prices,\u201d Sem said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, those with no relatives in the countryside now shop in informal markets, for bargains on traditional food items and other commodities.<\/p>\n

These include seasonal food items and preserved or dried food items.<\/p>\n

Elias Shivute, who works in the public service, has been buying traditional food items at a local informal market.<\/p>\n

\u201cI frequent the informal markets more often. There, one can also negotiate for lower prices on goods, unlike in the retail shops,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Namibians hope that the government\u2019s temporary cut on levies on fuel imports would ease the pressure on raising the prices of other commodities in the country.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Namibia<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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