Wendy Knowler is one of SA's foremost consumer journalists, known for her columns published by TimesLIVE and her contributions to radio stations. She also hosts training workshops for businesses around SA. Her expertise is based on 20 years of mediating conflict between consumers and companies.
Despite corporate promises and apologies, dodgy ‘deals’ keep happening
The more things, change, the more they stay the same.
Warrant of arrest issued for Priority Escapes' MD
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Tea light test — if you're looking for bang for your bucks, check this out
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'Unexpected error' has scores losing out on Vodacom's Black Friday deals
News'I don't want a refund, I want the goods I paid for', a Vodacom customer said after his 75% Black Friday discount ...
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OpinionWhy do I write about car insurance issues such a lot? Because every day I receive desperate emails from one of more of ...
Mother's health spurs businessman Grant Pattison to take on Discovery Health for ...
NewsDiscovery Health has been ordered to qualify its claim to offer “comprehensive” chronic cover after being called out by ...
Corporate South Africa brings the ‘gees’ for the Springboks and Proteas
NewsNothing has the capacity to capture the hearts, and wallets, of the nation quite like the Springboks and their battle ...
Dodgy telesales agents can get the blood boiling
Listening to recordings of calls featuring cellphone telesales agents getting people to agree to a contract is not good ...
With rugby fervour in full swing, here come the ‘Bokker’ scams
NewsScammers are taking full advantage of South Africans' excitement about the Springboks playing in the Rugby World Cup ...
There are legal consequences if your bank has the ‘wrong’ address
Do you know which address your bank has on record as your chosen address; the address to which legal documents must be ...