South Africa - 2008 - Trade, Industry and Investment

Consumer Protection Act

Ministry of Trade, Industry and Competition, South Africa

The act pushes to protect consumers as regards, standards of consumer information, fair access to a sustainable marketplace for consumer products and services, and prohibition of unfair marketing practices among others. This represents efforts to move on from practices associated with the apartheid era.

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January 2022

The act pushes to protect consumers as regards, standards of consumer information, fair access to a sustainable marketplace for consumer products and services, and prohibition of unfair marketing practices among others. This represents efforts to move on from practices associated with the apartheid era.

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