SA's annual headline consumer price index (CPI) increased marginally to 4.1% in February from 4% in January, according to Stats SA.
This was slightly below economist expectations.
Ahead of the announcement on Wednesday, NKC African Economics had predicted annual CPI of 4.3% for February.
The increase was, in part, due to higher fuel prices.
"Transport [as a contributor to headline CPI] increased from 0.4 of a percentage point in January 2019 to 0.5 of a percentage point in February 2019," said Stats SA.