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
No room for perjury

It seems some government accounting officers, sworn to tell "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing else but the truth" before Almighty God, may have deliberately lied during the committee’s vital work. If proven, this is not merely unprofessional; it is perjury, a serious criminal offence and it strikes at the very heart of responsible government.The PAC’s role is fundamental. After each financial year, it painstakingly examines how public...

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