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- Bread and butter issues + Durban's orange recycling bagsLast week’s Consumerwatch was all about the butter shortage and its hellishly high price, and this week Wendy Knowler is focusing on bread. She also has the latest on the eThekwini municipality's orange bag recycling programme, and why there's a shortage of those bags...9 min
- Price of butter leaves bitter tasteThe price of butter is skyrocketing, not just in South Africa, but globally. Wendy Knowler picks up the story in today's ECR Consumerwatch...7 min
- Are customer body searches lawful?When is it okay for a security officer appointed by a retail store to body search a customer? ECR Consumerwatch's Wendy Knowler chats to a Durban customer, Mooceda Mthini of Chatsworth, about her unpleasant experience.9 min
- Time to tell all, timeshare ownersThe National Consumer Commission is conducting public hearings around the country, and hard-done-by timeshare consumers are invited to tell their stories, in person, with a view to coming up with a single piece of legislation that will be used to properly regulate this controversial, law-unto-themselves industry. ECR Consumerwatch's Wendy Knowler on what every timeshare owner should know.7 min
- Want your gift? Pay upThe days of being sent a gift via airmail post from overseas and collecting it from your nearest post office without having to pay a cent are over. More with ECR Consumerwatch's Wendy Knowler on what this means for the receiver.6 min
- Wendy with the latest on Ford Figo, Ikon recallThe timing couldn’t have been worse - the dust has yet to settle on the Kuga catastrophe, and now Ford has recalled a bunch of Figos and Ikons. In today's ECR Consumerwatch, Wendy Knowler chats about the latest.7 min
- Who’s coining it?Today’s show was a cautionary tale about accepting what a salesperson tells you, and buying what they’re selling on the spot without taking time to do your own checks first. Wendy Knowler picks up the story in today's ECR Consumerwatch...9 min
- Customer services lapses - what NOT to doThere are some very upset Spree customers out there at the moment. East Coast Radio Consumerwatch's Wendy Knowler picks up the story...7 min
- 'This is a SA upset at a corporation that puts us all in a box'Consumerwatch's Wendy Knowler speaks to hip hop artist, MarazA about being humiliated at local supermarket, PicknPay. Rapper, MarazA videoed himself and his friends being detained at the exit of the Pick n Pay in Killarney the other night while their purchases were “verified” and then posted it online.1 min
- Rapper MarazA on his supermarket humiliationSo it’s become a Twitter storm - rapper MarazA videoed himself and his friends being detained at the exit of the Pick n Pay in Killarney the other night while their R8300 purchases were “verified” - and then posted it on social media. And it’s become a major race issue. So what actually happened. EC Consumerwatch's Wendy Knowler investigates...8 min
About ECR Consumerwatch
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Wendy Knowler is arguably South Africa’s most experienced consumer journalist. She’s helped more consumers over her 20 year career in consumer journalism than she could count. But while known as a…
champion of consumer rights, Wendy is also known and respected by corporates for her fair, accurate and balanced reporting. Want to be a more sussed consumer or corporate? Listen to Wendy's episodes here.