Shady car dealers top CCA culprits’ list
Friday, November 11, 2022 | 1750 Views |
Inundated: CCA is handling many consumer complaints against unscrupulous car dealers PIC: CCA
Mmegi is informed that the Authority, which by law handles the protection of consumer rights, is even now engaged with a handful of cases involving about half a million Pula.
The latest data emerged this week as the CCA engaged with the Financial Intelligence Agency (FIA) and other authorities including the Directorate of Intelligence Security in a damning report exposing not just tax evasion in the car dealership industry but also money laundering and a litany of other vices.
The heartbreaking reports carried elsewhere on this publication of a woman killed in Metsimotlhabe and four family members perishing near Metsimaswaana Bridge are, devastatingly, not isolated incidents. They represent the sharp, painful tip of a weekend that has seen far too many collisions, injuries, and losses on the roads. This alarming spike in fatalities is a screaming siren we cannot ignore. It compels a direct and urgent plea to every...