Guest : Dr Nicky Falkof | PHD cultural studies scholar at Wits University |

Panic buying has been rife amid the global spread of the new coronavirus, with

consumers around the world stockpiling goods like hand sanitizer, canned foods and

toilet paper.

The trend has seen some local stores ration products to 6 a customer and today Pick n

Pay announced a special pensioners shopping hour every Wednesday for shoppers over

65. (The retailer will open all its supermarkets and hypermarkets an hour earlier from 7-

8am every Wednesday for elderly customers to shop for their groceries and essentials.)