Tag: Consumers

Budget speech hard on consumers with taxes

As expected, the budget expects South Africans to continue to pay more.…

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Tell us how you will help struggling consumers, Mr President

Will the president respond to the urgent questions of 64 million South…

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Consumer debt in 2024 shows how consumers still battle with cost of living

2024 was a better year than 2023 for South African consumers, according…

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Nersa slashes Eskom’s tariff hike – but consumers could pay the price in taxes

Energy regulator Nersa cut deep into Eskom’s application for a 36% tariff…

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Low-income consumers paying more again

Low-income consumers cannot afford nutritious food for their families as the price…

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SA consumers shopped till they dropped in December

Although consumers are still battling to make ends meet, they were not…

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Tribunal fines used car dealer R100 000 for disregarding consumer’s rights

Another used car dealer found out the hard and expensive way at…

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SA consumers spent a whopping R139 billion on Black Friday

The record retail sales spending was likely thanks to the repo rate…

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FSCA warns consumers about investments with these unregistered entities

Red flags include unrealistic returns on investments and claims that the investment…

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January fuel price increase bad news for over-indebted consumers

The latest increase takes 93 Unleaded petrol from R21.15 in December to…

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