The consumer affairs act

What does it hold for businesses and when ?

The President of South Africa signed the Consumer Protection Act Act on 24 April 2009 and it was published in the government gazette on 29 April 2009. The Act will only operate from 24 October 2010
But and this is the basics you need to know now :  there are currently no regulations (not even in draft form) for the Act. It is very difficult to consider the implications of the Act without the regulations. So it might be some time yet until you can establish with certainty what your obligations will be under the Act.

So what do you do now ?  Get a copy of the act and study it - it might just keep you in business in future to know your rights as a supplier too !

More details here :    http://www.michalsons.com/the-consumer-protection-act-a-heads-up/1382