{"id":272069,"date":"2025-10-22T13:56:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T11:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/?p=272069"},"modified":"2025-10-22T13:57:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T11:57:08","slug":"south-africa-inflation-september-2025-rises-to-34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/south-africa-inflation-september-2025-rises-to-34\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa Inflation September 2025 rises to 3,4%"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>South Africa\u2019s annual consumer price inflation rose slightly to 3,4% in September this year, up from 3,3% in August, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) reported today. The month-on-month increase was 0,2%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main contributors were housing and utilities, which increased by 4,5% and added 1,1 percentage points to the annual rate. 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