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Tracking 391 products across South Africa. No jargon. Just what things cost.

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Lekker Jussie Eish!
3.5% YoY headline CPI
"CPI cooled to 3.5% from 3.6%, but don’t get too comfy — beef steak is still up 31.18% YoY while tablets are down -20.25%."
+31.18%
Beef - Steak since JAN 2025
-20.25%
Tablets (getting cheaper)
R83
What R100 in 2021 buys today
🥩 Beef - Steak +31.2%
🥚 Eggs -7.6%
⛽ Petrol -3.7%
🍞 White bread +2.2%
⚡ Electricity +10.4%
🍺 Beer +5.2%
📱 Mobile data +3.9%
☕ Instant coffee +11.1%
🏥 Health insurance +10.6%
✈️ Airfares -10.7%
🥘 Boerewors +21.5%
🌽 Maize meal +2.6%
🥩 Stewing Beef +30.3%
🥩 Beef mince - fresh +28.0%
🎃 Pumpkin - fresh +22.7%
🥩 Beef - Steak +31.2%
🥚 Eggs -7.6%
⛽ Petrol -3.7%
🍞 White bread +2.2%
⚡ Electricity +10.4%
🍺 Beer +5.2%
📱 Mobile data +3.9%
☕ Instant coffee +11.1%
🏥 Health insurance +10.6%
✈️ Airfares -10.7%
🥘 Boerewors +21.5%
🌽 Maize meal +2.6%
🥩 Stewing Beef +30.3%
🥩 Beef mince - fresh +28.0%
🎃 Pumpkin - fresh +22.7%

The Leaderboard

JAN 2026
# Product Heat YoY Change
01
🥩
Beef - Steak
Meat
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 +31.18%
02
🥩
Stewing Beef
Meat
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 +30.27%
03
🥩
Beef mince - fresh
Meat
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 +28.02%
04
🎃
Pumpkin - fresh
Vegetables
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 +22.74%
05
🥩
Sausages (beef, pork, mutton)
Meat
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 +22.18%
06
🥘
Boerewors
Meat
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 +21.53%
07
🐷
Pork - combined
Meat
🔥🔥🔥🔥 +19.52%
08
🥩
Beef offal
Meat
🔥🔥🔥🔥 +17.23%
09
🐑
Mutton and Lamb - combined
Meat
🔥🔥🔥🔥 +16.17%
10
📦
Books
Books
🔥🔥🔥🔥 +15.72%

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January 2026 Report

Beef - Steak leads the charge at +31.18%. Here's everything that moved.