21 May 2013

Constitutional Court Appeal Hearing

The Western Cape Coordinator and National Advocacy Director of Consumer Fair Imraahn Ismail-Mukaddam will be appealing in the Constitutional Court against the outcome of the hearing in the Supreme Court of Appeal Judgment of November last year where his request to be certified as a class representative in a proposed Class Action Law Suit against Bread Producers brought on behalf of Bread Distributors was dismissed. The Matter is to be heard in the Constitutional Court on Tuesday 7 May 2013.

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Attend your medical scheme’s AGM – and win!

Attend your medical scheme's Annual General Meeting, answer two easy questions using the Facebook and Twitter accounts of the Council for Medical Schemes (CMS) - and stand a chance to have your scheme contributions paid for three months!

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SA Consumers can Celebrate World Consumer Rights DaySA Consumers can Celebrate World Consumer Rights Day

South African consumers are taking a battering from ever-rising petrol and electricity prices that keep pushing up the price of transport and food.

And with household debt levels high as consumers borrow more and sink deeper into the debt trap there doesn`t seem like there is much to celebrate on World Consumer Rights Day 2013.

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Can South Africa survive the cost of Eskom’s electricity?Can South Africa survive the cost of Eskom’s electricity?

What are the costs?

  • The stagnation in our economy can be directly attributed to the unrealistic increases afforded to ESKOM over the last 4 years.
  • The decline in our growth rate corroborates this.
  • Is the cost to our Economy, our Society and our Environment really worth these so-called benefits?

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