SA’s retail sales jumped 8.6% year on year in July, reflecting the low base effect of the previous comparable period when civil unrest led to widespread looting of shops and factories in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.
The underlying trend suggests that consumer spending, which accounts for two-thirds of SA’s GDP, is taking strain in the face of rising inflation...
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