Shoprite’s R5 Initiative The issue of hygiene poverty affects millions of South Africans. Approximately 14 million individuals – one in five people – face challenges in affording basic toiletries. To ...

Image: Supplied Shoprite has broadened its offering of R5 products to include basic hygiene essentials, as it steps up efforts to tackle hygiene poverty affecting millions of South Africans.

In 2021, Shoprite launched a R5 pack of sanitary pads to ease the financial burden of menstrual hygiene and to help keep young girls in school, with zero price increase since on this product to ...

OWENSBORO, Ky. (WFIE) - Many people who face limited hygiene accessibility have only one outfit suitable for important situations like job interviews or special appearances. For the last six years ...

In response to the more than 14 million people in South Africa - one in five - affected by hygiene poverty, Shoprite has expanded its R5 basket of goods to include essential toiletries which ...