South Africa: inflation slightly curbed by lower fuel prices 21/09 - 15:48 South Africa's inflation rate, which hit a record high of 7.8 percent in July, edged down to 7.6 percent in August from a year earlier. This was fuelled by a drop in fuel prices, the country's statistics agency (StatsSA) said Wednesday. Against a backdrop of record increases in food, transport, and electricity prices, a protest against high living costs and unemployment brought together thousand...
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