31/08/2015

DTI suspends NCA Affordability Assessment Regulations

Good News for Credit Providers The regulations that govern how affordability assessments are conducted on credit applicants have been suspended. The Department of Trade and Industry […]
26/08/2015
Tombstone

Brace Yourself for an Economic Catastrophe

South African middle-income groups should brace themselves for an impending economic catastrophe that would leave pervasive suffering and possibly even destabilisation in its wake. Though economics may […]
20/08/2015

The Consumer’s Guide to Dealing with Debt Collectors

Cool, Calm and Collected You may be confronted by debt collectors knocking at your door, if those demand letters have been coming at you thick and […]
12/08/2015

Moneyline Financial Services – Reckless Lender to Social Grant Beneficiaries

Social Grants as Collateral Last year, the National Credit Regulator (NCR) referred Moneyline Financial Services to the National Consumer Tribunal for reckless lending. The Regulator discovered […]
05/08/2015

Are Lewis Furniture Stores Stealing From You?

Illegal Credit Life Insurance The National Credit Regulator (NCR) has referred Lewis Group’s Monarch Insurance and Lewis Stores, the nation’s biggest furniture chain, to the consumer tribunal for […]
23/07/2015
Over-Indebtedness

Effects of Over-Indebtedness

Economic Effects Research has shown that the effects of over-indebtedness can cause over-indebted employees to be less productive in the workplace. Accordingly, they make no contribution […]