FILE PHOTO: Shoppers look for items as they shop at an outlet of retailer Checkers in Sandton City mall, in Sandton, South Africa, August 28, 2024. REUTERS/Lelethu Madikane/File Photo

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South African retail sales rose 5.6% year on year in July after rising by a revised 1.7% in June, Statistics South Africa figures showed on Wednesday.

Seasonally adjusted retail sales rose 2.1% month on month in July.

(Reporting by Anathi Madubela and Sfundo Parakozov;Editing by Alexander Winning)