The New Consumer Dawn is Upon Us

You need to hear this! You are a consumer! Business wants your money and patronage. Quite often you are deceived into buying products that you don’t need; sold products that are unsafe; given very little information about goods and services that you purchase and possibly tied to a contract that barely protects your rights as a consumer.

This conceivably paints in heavy strokes the frustration of many a consumer in our community and some have had to accept this as fate. Before one could be furrowed into despair there is a new sheriff in town and he stands on the high altar of consumer rights protection.

Enter the Competition and Consumer Protection Authority

Editor's Comment
Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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