Retail sales turned in a better-than-expected performance in March, supported by an improvement in general dealers, data from Stats SA showed on Wednesday. 

Sales rose 2.7% year on year compared with an increase of 1.9% in February. The better-than-expected improvement in sales follows a rise in panic buying in March ahead of the implementation of the national lockdown on March 27...

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