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What changed in the South African money week, in plain rand.
News covers the policy decisions, price moves, and household-budget shifts that arrived this month, with the math worked out at the consumption levels real homes sit at.
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Featured · 28 May 2026
R9 300 nationally, R11 635 in the Cape: what your rent says about your metro
The rental index moved 5 per cent nationally and 7 per cent in the Cape. The prime rate dropped 150 basis points in twelve months. Both numbers matter to your monthly outflow.
By WealthReport Team · Cost-of-Living Reporter
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Pick n Pay versus Shoprite versus Checkers: the R500 basket, line by line
The same basket. The same brands. Three receipts. The gap between them is smaller than the marketing claims, larger than most shoppers realise, and concentrated on three line items.
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28 May 2026
R128 462 for Grade R: the SA school-fee curve every parent should know
Independent school fees moved 5 to 8 per cent. The top fee tier now starts a Grade R year above what most households earn in three months. The rest of the curve is the bigger story.
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27 May 2026
The April hike: what Discovery's 7,2 per cent really costs a family of four
One scheme gave members a three-month reprieve. The other did not. The arithmetic underneath both decisions is the same: medical inflation is still printing well above CPI.
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27 May 2026
R17 144 in your pocket, R5 452 at the till: the SA take-home pay squeeze, in numbers
The pay slip says one number. The till says another. The gap between them is the cost-of-living story most household budgets are now organised around.
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20 May 2026
R100 in 2021 vs R100 now: the SA food basket, line by line
Five years of food-price moves, item by item. Where your money still goes the distance, and where it stops short.
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15 May 2026
NERSA's 2026 electricity hike: what it actually adds to your bill, in rand
The headline percentage is one number. The structural change in how Homepower bills are now built is the bigger one. What it means at 350, 600, and 900 kWh a month.
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8 May 2026
50 cents at the pump = R75 a month: the petrol-price math every SA driver should know
What the per-litre headline means at your tank size, your refill frequency, and the inland-coastal price gap. With the calculator.
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