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South Africa: News - Foreign firms must heed consumer act
By Sapa Submit your comment The Consumer Protection Act has worldwide implications as foreign companies selling goods and services in South Africa will have to comply with the new legislation. "These companies could be sued for damages if found in breach of product liability or labelling provisions," Werksmans Attorneys ...

Read Story at IOL BusinessReport (2010-07-26)

South Africa: News - Foreign firms must heed consumer act
By Sapa Submit your comment The Consumer Protection Act has worldwide implications as foreign companies selling goods and services in South Africa will have to comply with the new legislation. "These companies could be sued for damages if found in breach of product liability or labelling provisions," Werksmans Attorneys ...

Read Story at IOL BusinessReport (2010-07-26)

South Africa: Home - Consumer Protection Act has "serious implications"
Submit your comment The Consumer Protection Act (CPA)- to be introduced in October this year - has serious implications in every aspect of business relating to consumer relations, said consultancy House of Performance on Thursday. Gregoire Aucamp, an advisor at the consultancy which focuses on continuous improvement, said retailers, ...

Read Story at IOL BusinessReport (2010-03-11)

South Africa: Home - Consumer Protection Act has "serious implications"
Submit your comment The Consumer Protection Act (CPA)- to be introduced in October this year - has serious implications in every aspect of business relating to consumer relations, said consultancy House of Performance on Thursday. Gregoire Aucamp, an advisor at the consultancy which focuses on continuous improvement, said retailers, ...

Read Story at IOL BusinessReport (2010-03-11)

Ghana: Consumer protection law to be passed in 2007
The ministry of Trade and industry would develop a consumer protection policy by 2006 and a consumer protection law by 2007. This would bring together numerous consumer protection laws that are scattered in the law books and also include the best practices of international consumer protection. Hon. Kofi ...

Read Story at The Ghanian Chronicle (2005-10-17)

Africa: Grey areas
What the Labour Relations Act did for employees - revolutionising working relationships - the Consumer Protection Act (CPA) will do for consumers, the government says. The act is designed to give consumers some protection against unscrupulous suppliers, and to help ensure the delivery of fair products or services ...

Read Story at Times Live (2010-01-23)

Namibia: Nam adopts UN consumer protection guidelines
NAMIBIA is amongst only three African governments that have adopted the United Nations" guidelines for consumer protection. The other two countries are Mauritius and South Africa. According to the All Africa website yesterday, a survey by Consumers International revealed significant differences in national consumer legislation in Africa.South Africa came ...

Read Story at The Namibian (2010-07-28)

South Africa: Consumer act symposium
Provisions of the Consumer Protection Act will make local consumers the most protected in the world. To help business protect itself and understand its obligations, a symposium on the act will be held at the Southern Sun Grayston Hotel in Sandton from August 11 to 12. ...

Read Story at Times Live (2010-07-31)

Angola: Africans unhappy with poor public utilities regulation - Report
Competition regimes and the quality of the regulation of basic services like water, electricity and telephone in Africa are generally not good enough to meaningfully enhance consumer protection on the continent, said a just-released report. The Consumer Protection and Quality of life in Africa Through Competition and Regulation: 2004 ...

Read Story at AngolaPress (2005-11-24)

South Africa: Consumer Protection Bill approved
The battered South African consumer is about to get greater protection against unfair and exploitative retailers. The National Assembly approved the Consumer Protection Bill today. The bill stipulates that transactional documents be written in simple terms and that contract prices and terms be fully disclosed to consumers from the ...

Read Story at SABCNews (2008-09-26)


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