JOHANNESBURG - For many South Africans, Easter is a time of reunions, long road trips, full homes, and family traditions passed down through generations.
But this year, those traditions are being put on hold, as the rising cost of living and soaring fuel prices force families to make impossible choices.
Thembisa resident, Pana Selelane said what was once an annual ritual has now become a financial burden too heavy to bear.
“It’s been our tradition as a family. It’s been our tradition to visit my husband’s family in Mpumalanga, which is in Bushbuckridge. And normally the previous years, I was spending about R1800 or R1500 fuel, and on the tollgates maybe R300 so it was R1800 going and R1800 coming back. But with the prices of fuel skyrocketing, I don’t think we can afford it.”