South African retail sales rose by 8.2 percent year-on-year in November, beating expectations by far, after increasing by a revised 3.5 percent in October, data from the statistics office showed on Wednesday. Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast a 3.1 percent year-on-year increase in retail sales in November. On a month-on-month basis, sales were up 4 percent and rose 5.9 percent in the three months to November compared with the same period last year, Statistics South Africa said. The statistics agency said the year-on-year figure was the largest jump since June 2012. Reuters