It's been about nine months since the last ban. There were four bands in total, and stocks should have returned back to prepandemic levels. The issue is that there's been ortage of another raw material. That shortage has really dried up production of marmite. Marmite south africa says that production ought to return back to prependemic levels but it's unclear what will happen next.
A ceasefire agreed weeks ago should have mitigated the suffering of starving Ethiopians caught up in war; we ask why so little aid has got through. Rebuilding Ukraine’s infrastructure and economy will require staggering sums—and a vast, international plan of action. And South Africa’s lockdown-era alcohol bans had a curious knock-on effect: crippling shortages of a beloved yeasty goo.
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