29 March - Labour - ICASA promotes consumer rights

In today’s show, we spoke to Xolile Mateza - From ICASA’s Cape Town regional office Consumer Affairs Division. We were talking about World Consumer Rights Day. It was commemorated on the 15^th of this month and the theme was our money, our rights campaigning for real choice in financial services. The following eight basic consumer rights such as the right to satisfaction of basic needs, to safety, to be informed, to choose, to be heard, to redress, to consumer education and to a healthy environment were developed over time by the consumer movement and is now the vision which define and inspire the work of the consumer international and its members do around areas such as financial services and communications. For more information you can contact ICASA on (021) 431 9800 or visit the website http://www.icasa.org.za/