That “free” thing will cost you lots
The lure of free goodies has been used by marketers for generations to l...
Consumerwatch
-
-
Black Friday update and open lines for the latest Consumerwatch episode
On the last episode of Consumerwatch, we gave the latest update on the B...
-
How to make Black Friday work for you
It’s the biggest retail day of the year and it gets bigger every year - ...
-
KZN's salmonella 'outbreak': Here's what you ought to know now
Following the recent salmonella cases in KwaZulu-Natal, Wendy Knowler gi...
-
Forget what the car ads say - the truth is in the crash test
How outraged should we be about how four top selling South African cars ...
-
Flight delays: How South African airlines compare
Anyone who flies regularly has experienced the frustration of flight del...
-
Laying down the lay-by law
For us consumers, buying something on lay-by is a huge win. And because ...
-
The contract that won’t let you go
No company likes to let a customer go, and in the past, many have come u...
-
South Africa’s listeriosis story - the plot thickens
South Africa’s recent listeriosis outbreak may have come to an end follo...
-
Orange bags: Best you buy your own
"For now, it's the only way to keep Durban’s Orange Bag recycling projec...
-
Adding fuel to the fake fire
Social media gives we consumers a powerful voice; a means to expose how ...
-
Loyalty doesn’t pay when it comes to insurance
Far from it - and I speak from experience. Four years ago, I’d been with...
-
It’s official - Durban’s drivers are the dodgiest
It may be a smallish sample - Discovery Vitality members - but the way t...
-
Wendy Knowler investigates food expiry dates: Why we should care
Wendy Knowler has the low-down on food product dates - and why you shou...
-
New, ‘improved' Rice Krispies make consumers snap
The Rice Krispies fans are cross - very cross! Without warning, Kellogg’...
-
Whey Overstated
Read labels, the experts say - that’s the only way to make informed buyi...
-
Hey big spender - now you’re an importer
Ecommerce is exploding in South Africa and many people, having had good ...
-
Have you ever come across a UFO (Unappetising Foreign Object)?
Unappetising foreign objects in food: how they get there and what your r...
-
#Consumerwatch: Audis ablaze
Where there’s fire there’s a PR crisis. Thanks to the Ford Kuga catastro...
-
Theft by radio waves?
Is RFID “contactless” card theft possible? Wendy Knowler found out.