Africa food inflation deepens as South Africans lament rising costs Food prices in South Africa are on a tear yet again, underscoring central bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago’s resolve to keep monetary policy tight for longer. The cost of a basket of goods in Bloomberg’s South African Shisa Nyama Index, designed to show the price of a traditional backyard barbecue in townships and rural areas accelerated to 15% in June from a year earlier. That compares with 12% in May. The acceleration reverses a three-month slowdown in price gains and is a blow for South...