All categories
September 2026
Recreation, sport and culture
Covers recreation and culture, garden products and pets, newspapers, books, stationery and package holidays.
Stats SA definition
Stats SA classifies these groups under this category:
- 09.2 Other recreational goods
- 09.3 Garden products and pets
- 09.4 Recreational services
- 09.6 Cultural services
- 09.7 Newspapers, books and stationery
- 09.8 Package holidays
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
3.2%
Month on month
+0.5%
Basket weight
2.9%
Contribution to annual inflation
+0.09 pp
percentage points of the 4.5% year-on-year headline
CPI history
History vs headline
Latest year-on-year
Recreation, sport and culture: by province
- 1Northern Cape3.9%
- 2North West3.6%
- 3Limpopo3.4%
- 4Gauteng3.3%
- 5Mpumalanga3.3%
- 6South Africa3.2%
- 7Free State3.1%
- 8KwaZulu-Natal3.0%
- 9Eastern Cape2.9%
- 10Western Cape2.1%