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Week 27 : Retail Sales Up by 5.1% in May 2025
But Pressure Still Felt at Household Level Pretoria, 16 July 2025 – South Africa’s retail trade sales rose by 5.1% in May 2025 compared to the same month last year, according to Statistics South Africa (Statistical Release P6242.1). This marks a notable improvement from earlier in the year and reflects…
Week 26 – Why South Africans Are Still Feeling Financial Pressure
South Africa’s formal sector reported a R57.1 billion increase in gross earnings in the first quarter, according to Statistics South Africa’s latest Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES) release. On paper, this seems like a welcome recovery — a sign of rising pay, bonuses, and more hours worked. Yet across the country,…