WC Economic Development & Tourism (Office Of The Consumer Protector) Unclaimed

There are Consumer Affairs Offices, run at provincial level, to provide consumers with protection

The mandate to perform consumer protection functions is derived from the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. Schedule 4, Part A of the Constitution prescribes that the area of consumer protection is a functional area of concurrent national and provincial legislative competence. This entails that at provincial level, provincial governments have the authority to legislate on the arena of consumer protection and also provide associated services within this arena.