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Browsing: Consumer Protection Law
Rights, Regulations & Legal Updates Stay informed on South Africa’s evolving consumer protection laws, key rulings, and regulatory changes.
s South Africa moves through the festive season, travellers face heightened risks from spot fines, fake documents, currency scams and fraudulent accommodation.
We Buy Cars has been ordered to refund over R3.4 million to affected consumers, pay a R2.5 million fine, revise its sale terms, and launch a consumer education programme following a Tribunal-confirmed settlement with the NCC.
Electricity restored to Tshwane business after court steps in during lease dispute with City
The Pretoria High Court ordered the City of Tshwane to restore electricity to Tech Spares CC, granting temporary relief while a lease dispute and utility arrears are resolved.
South Africa is facing a sharp festive season cybercrime surge, with consumers and businesses increasingly targeted through scams, data breaches and ransomware as online activity peaks.
The National Consumer Commission has identified 38 more untraceable suppliers who took payments without delivering goods, warning consumers to be vigilant when shopping online.
Excerpt: Van Vuuren was lawfully arrested at a Vodacom store, but the court ruled his detention beyond 26 November unlawful, awarding him R150 000.
A BMW buyer misled by a Xenon lights advert was wrongly blocked from court. The High Court has now ruled that the Consumer Protection Act must protect consumers, not silence them.
A South African consumer was forced to pay for multiple defective engines supplied by Motors & More. The National Consumer Tribunal has now ordered the company to refund R4,599.30, ruling its conduct as prohibited under the Consumer Protection Act.
The North West High Court in Mahikeng has ordered Oosthuizen Du Plooy Attorneys to pay R2 million after allowing Stratton Oakmont’s debt claim to prescribe. Judge A Reddy found the firm negligent, emphasising that attorneys must act with skill and diligence to protect client interests.
Major banks in South Africa are taking a legal battle over debt review to the Supreme Court, challenging whether borrowers’ interest and charges can be capped under the National Credit Act.