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    "April Inflation South Africa",
    "Consumer Inflation 2026",
    "cost of living South Africa",
    "Daniel Meyer University of Johannesburg",
    "Economic News South Africa",
    "Elna Moolman Standard Bank",
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  "textContent": "South Africans could face rising living and borrowing costs after inflation accelerated to 4% in April, with economists warning that fuel-driven global price shocks — not domestic demand — are complicating the South African Reserve Bank’s interest rate outlook",
  "title": "Consumers face double blow as inflation rises and rate fears return"
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