A fruit seller sits at a roadside stall in the diamond mining town of Letlhakane
A fruit seller sits at a roadside stall in the diamond mining town of Letlhakane, 400 km (249 miles) northwest of the Botswana capital, Gaborone, September 8, 2009. REUTERS

Botswana's consumer inflation slowed slightly to 8.6 percent year-on-year in September from 8.7 percent year-on-year in August, the Central Statistics Office said on Friday.

On a month-on-month basis the index also braked to 0.4 percent compared with a 1.0 percent increase in August.