Truth Workshop

Andrea Neethling at Indigo Lily Bespoke Jewellery is a real artist.  We’ve asked her to give us the inside scoop on how to select jewellery that is not just aesthetically ...
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If you’re like me, you’ve stood in front of the beauty counter at a retail store wondering whether anti-wrinkle creams really work or whether they just cater to vanity.  We ...
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by Lauren Lewis, Associate at Trudie Broekmann Attorneys In the age of social media, millennial parents, in particular, have taken to documenting their children’s lives on various social media platforms ...
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By Abigail Stander and Trudie Broekmann In a recent case, a dog owner in the Eastern Cape was ordered to pay R2.3m after a vicious attack by his three, mixed-breed ...
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The Competition Commission released a report on 2nd December 2019 in which it responds to complaints that consumers are being overcharged for data in South Africa. They recommend that Vodacom ...
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Consumers often approach our firm with complaints about racial discrimination in the context of their treatment by retailers or landlords.  Maybe surprisingly, the Consumer Protection Act can help in various ...
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by Trudie Broekmann and Lauren Lewis, Consumer Attorneys at Trudie Broekmann Attorneys Our firm has been hit by a tsunami of hundreds of South African consumers who want us to ...
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by Elmarie Jensen What is the NHI Bill? On 8 August 2019, Health Minister, Zweli Mkhize, introduced the National Health Insurance Bill (“NHI Bill”) at the National Assembly. Under the ...
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Lize Cornelius, a pharmacist from Somerset West, dispels some of the myths around malaria infection and educates us on ease of access to preventative medication. With 18 638 confirmed cases in ...
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Dr. Annette Hübschle of the Environmental Futures Project, Institute for Safety Governance and Criminology at the University of Cape Town offers pragmatic insights on how consumers can think and lobby ...
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