JOHANNESBURG - Inflation has dropped to 5.3% in March from 5.6% in February.
This is welcome news, as consumers continue to feel the pinch from high fuel and food prices.
The main contributors were housing and utilities, goods and services, food and non-alcoholic beverages and transport.
Food inflation dropped from 6 percent in February, to 4.9% in March.
Though a possible interest rate decrease has been delayed by the Reserve Bank to the latter half of the year, this latest inflation print is encouraging.
Meanwhile, education inflation - which is reassessed every March - is sitting at 6.3%. This is up from 5.7%.