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South Africa had 162k overseas visitors ✈️ in September 2026, down 11% year-on-year, via @StatsSA.
• Europe -7% to 88k
• North America -18.6% to 33k
• Australasia -11.6% to 14k
• Asia -21% to 15k (China -27% to 2.2k)
The figure is 19.4% below the 201k visitors in September 2019, pre-pandemic.
Source: statssa.gov.za/publications/…
SA's tourist accommodation income 🛌 rose 7.6% y/y in August, via @StatsSA.
This was a result of a 3.9% increase in the number of stay unit nights sold and a 3.6% increase in the average income per stay unit night sold.
Hotel occupancy rates of 67.4% are above August 2019's pre-pandemic figure of 64.8%.
South Africa's retail trade sales 🛒 increased by 3.3% year-on-year in August 2026 vs estimates for a 3% rise, via @StatsSA.
Contributors (y/y)
• Textiles, clothing, footwear and leather (+6.5% & contributing 1%)
• All ‘other’ retailers (+8.1% & contributing 0.9%)
• General dealers (+2% & contributing 0.9%)
• Food, beverages & tobacco (+5.8% & contributing 0.5%)
On a monthly basis, retail trade sales decreased by 0.3% in August 2026 after a 2.4% rise in July 2026 and -0.8% fall in June 2026.
South Africa's annual consumer price inflation 📈 gained 4.5% year-on-year in September 2026, vs estimates for 4.7%, via @StatsSA.
Contributors (y/y)
• Transport (+10.8% & contributing 1.5%)
• Housing & utilities (+5.2% & contributing 1.3%)
• Insurance & financial services (+5.4% & contributing 0.6%)
On a month-on-month basis CPI rose 0.4% in September 2026.
South Africa's mining production ⛏️ decreased by 12.7% year-on-year (y/y) in August 2026 vs expectations for a 3% drop, via @StatsSA.
Contributors (y/y)
• PGMs (-22.5% & contributing -6.1%)
• Coal (-11.7% & contributing -3%)
• Iron ore (-16.2% & contributing -2.4%)
On a monthly basis, mining production decreased by 5.4% in August 2026 after month-on-month changes of -1.9% in July 2026 and 0.4% in June 2026.
Source: statssa.gov.za/publications/…
South Africa's Manufacturing production 🏭 decreased by 4.3% year-on-year in August 2026 vs expectations for a 0.4% increase.
Contributors (y/y)
• Petrochemicals, rubber & plastic (-5% & contributing -1.1%)
• Vehicles & other transport equipment (-8.8% & contributing -0.7%)
• Wood, paper, publishing & printing (-7% & contributing -0.7%)
• Food & beverages (-3% & contributing -0.7%)
• Basic iron & steel, metal & machinery (-3% & contributing -0.7%)
