But after a week's feeding on impoop, as they called the mealie-meal porridge which was their staple food at the mines, they began to pick up.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer] Reference

One of the staples of South Africa, for example, is the mealie, which is nothing more or less than our own.    From Wordnik.com.  [An African Adventure] Reference

In other words, the decline was more rapid among staple foods (such as mealie meal) and less pronounced among refined foods.    From Wordnik.com.  [IOL: News]

"unjustified price increases", especially on basic commodities such as mealie-meal, cooking oil, sugar and bread.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

At lunch time we ate mealie rice with a little meat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Triumphs' Part I - Migrant Labour and Segregation] Reference

No jam, 1/2 lb. mealie meal, 1-1/2 lb. meat, nothing else.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland] Reference

Several hectares of veld and mealie land were also destroyed.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

They lived on mealie-meal, with an occasional chunk of refuse meat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Class & Colour in South Africa 1850-1950] Reference

They then opened fire, sending the family fleeing into a mealie land.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

There were scores who would not touch "mealie-pap" with a forty-foot spoon.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Siege of Kimberley] Reference

Their lines were laid in a mealie field, and pulled-up pegs might well be expected.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference

But they changed in time; "I am an acquired taste," cries Katisha; so is "mealie-pap.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Siege of Kimberley] Reference

Navigation Colliery in order to bring away large quantities of mealie bags stored there.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland] Reference

Red locusts can devastate large mealie fields within hours unless they are exterminated.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

In the morning we had mealie meal, skim milk, a little bread and black coffee with no sugar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Triumphs' Part I - Migrant Labour and Segregation] Reference

Mukome lashed out at the government for not controlling the prices of bread and mealie-meal.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

'Yes,' returned his 'ma,' without taking her eyes off the mealie patch, 'what do you see, son?'.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boer in Peace and War] Reference

Each family received a free bag of mealie-meal, vegetables and milk from their employers monthly.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

He said the Kuwaiti Embassy had donated several bags of mealie-meal to help ease the food shortages.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

In the evenings we had porridge, mealie meal, coffee and a slice of bread sometimes spread with fat. 19.    From Wordnik.com.  [Triumphs' Part I - Migrant Labour and Segregation] Reference

The other man wrapped a soft leaf dressing over the wound and covered it with leaves from a mealie cob.    From Wordnik.com.  [Freedom in our Lifetime] Reference

The memo repeated Cosatu's demands for nationalisation of the mealie-meal, bread and milk value chains.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

The list of goods exempted from VAT include mealie meal, bread, milk, paraffin, animal feed and fertiliser.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

"They're likely to opt for mealie-meal (maize) over voting" even though polling will last two days, he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

The current mealie meal shortage was being caused by other factors, which included the pricing of the product.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

They fondly remember the days when the poor could get mealie meal almost free of charge using subsidised coupons.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

"The bags of mealie-meal will push us through the festive season and patients will be fed as usual," Hombergh said.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Acting provincial medical director Dr Henri Hombergh said there was an acute shortage of mealie-meal at the hospital.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Condiments were no longer available; mealie meal was withheld, and the soup had thus become thinner and less seasoned.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Siege of Kimberley] Reference

The popular image of mealie fields and headgear is not misleading - gold and grain really do drive the regional economy.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

"If you don't vote, it's as good as voting for the ruling party," said wheat and mealie farmer Hein Mulke, near Kimberley.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

The reports come a day after sharp increases in the price of fuel, bread and mealie-meal, the national staple, were announced.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

In a mealie-field close to a certain farm, which shall be nameless, a curious scene was being witnessed by a very stout Dutch lady.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Boer in Peace and War] Reference

The poor Native's breakfast was of "mealie-pap" exclusively; and from a hygienic standpoint he was perhaps better off than any of us.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Siege of Kimberley] Reference

In the year to January, the price of milk has gone up by 32%, brown bread 19%, mealie meal 22%, samp 23%, rice 24% and breakfast oats 27%.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Today] Reference