Alcohol & Tobacco at 5% is still running hot, which means the little treats are not so little any more.

Housing & Utilities at 4.8% keeps the monthly basics under pressure, with electricity doing its bit at 10.4%.

Education at 4.5% is the usual annual sting — predictable, but painful all the same.

Insurance & Financial at 4.5% is debit-order inflation: not dramatic on paper, very real in your bank app.

Health at 4.4% matters because health insurance alone jumped 6.52% YoY. Medical costs don’t exactly do specials.

Restaurants & Accommodation at 3.8% says going out still costs more, even if it isn’t the worst offender this month.

Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages at 3.7% sounds manageable until you look at meat: 28.6%, 26.93% and 23.96% for the big beef lines.

Personal Care & Misc at 2.8% is calmer, but it’s still inflation and not some consumer miracle.

Recreation & Culture at 2.4% is relatively civilised. Frankly, that counts as good behaviour in this basket.

Clothing & Footwear at 1.2% is one of the softer categories, so at least the wardrobe isn’t starting fights.

Info & Communication at 0.5% is basically flat by South African standards, with tablets down -16.68% and cellphones down -15.04%.

Furnishings & Household at 0.3% is calm overall, with air fryers down -17.23% and microwaves down -11.07% helping the mood.

Transport at -2% is proper relief, with petrol down -10.23% and diesel down -9.7% YoY. I won’t overthink a rare win.