Inflation

Eggs cheaper, meat skyrockets: SA inflation eases to 3,5% but households still pinched

Cape Town – South Africa’s consumer price inflation eased slightly to 3,5% in January 2026, down from 3,6% in... Read more

19 Feb

An estimated R5 billion in income to the Bakgatla community cannot be accounted for. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks By... Read more

26 Nov, 2025

Accra – Ghana’s central bank Wednesday cut its benchmark interest rate by three percent on the back of easing... Read more

31 Jul, 2025

Cape Town – South Africa’s inflation fell to 2.7% in March — its lowest level in nearly five years... Read more

23 Apr, 2025

Cape Town – South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago has reiterated his call to lower the country’s inflation... Read more

28 Mar, 2025

Cape Town — StatsSA has reported that the annual consumer inflation rate remained steady at 3.2% in February, unchanged... Read more

19 Mar, 2025

Lagos – Nigeria’s economic crisis is hitting renters in Lagos hard as landlords pass down the costs of spiralling... Read more

28 Feb, 2025

Cape Town – South Africa’s headline consumer inflation increased to 3.2% year-on-year in January, up from 3.0% in December,... Read more

26 Feb, 2025

The inflation rate measures the rise in the price of a basket of goods. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks By GroundUp... Read more

23 Jan, 2025

Johannesburg – South Africa’s annual inflation rate for 2024 dropped to 4.4 percent, the lowest level since 2020, the... Read more

23 Jan, 2025