Consumer Hacks

The idea that shelf-stable food such as biscuits, canned goods, cereals,...

You could get a surprise retro rates bill, warns Wendy Knowler.

You call it forgetfulness; they call it theft. Wendy Knowler gives handy...

Changing the 'sell-by' or 'use by' dates on a batch of fresh chicken is ...

Who besides you knows your personal details, bank account details, and p...

It’s fair to say that most people aren’t as clued up as they need to be ...

This week we’ve had the video of the rat happily munching on a salad at ...

Thanks to social media, consumer discontent confronts us everywhere - Fa...

The lure of free goodies has been used by marketers for generations to l...

On the last episode of Consumerwatch, we gave the latest update on the B...

It’s the biggest retail day of the year and it gets bigger every year - ...

Following the recent salmonella cases in KwaZulu-Natal, Wendy Knowler gi...

How outraged should we be about how four top selling South African cars ...

Anyone who flies regularly has experienced the frustration of flight del...

For us consumers, buying something on lay-by is a huge win. And because ...

No company likes to let a customer go, and in the past, many have come u...

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 ...

Social media gives we consumers a powerful voice; a means to expose how ...

Far from it - and I speak from experience. Four years ago, I’d been with...