All categories
September 2026
Information and communication
Covers equipment and services for information and communication.
Stats SA definition
Stats SA classifies these groups under this category:
- 08.1 Information and communication equipment
- 08.3 Information and communication services
Source: Stats SA, Consumer Price Index: Sources and Methods, Report No. 01-41-01 (2026), section 2.2 and Annexure 1 – CPI basket of goods and services (COICOP 2018)
Year on year
2.1%
Month on month
0.0%
Basket weight
5.5%
Contribution to annual inflation
+0.11 pp
percentage points of the 4.5% year-on-year headline
CPI history
History vs headline
Latest year-on-year
Information and communication: by province
- 1Eastern Cape3.1%
- 2North West3.1%
- 3Free State2.9%
- 4Western Cape2.6%
- 5Mpumalanga2.5%
- 6KwaZulu-Natal2.3%
- 7South Africa2.1%
- 8Northern Cape1.9%
- 9Limpopo1.7%
- 10Gauteng1.4%