Inflation heats up

Phillepus Uusiku
Consumers will have to pay more for the same quantity of goods as the overall annual inflation rate for March 2021 increased to 3.1% compared to 2.4% recorded in March 2020, an increase of 0.7 percentage points.
Last month, the rate was 2.7%.
With regard to the zones, Zone 3 (//Kharas, Erongo, Hardap and Omaheke) recorded the highest inflation rate of 3.7% from 2.5% recorded in March 2020.