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/ 8 February 2008

Consumer forum criticises public officials

Public officials and top managers needed to be scrutinised more carefully in light of the current electricity crisis, the National Consumer Forum (NCF) said on Friday. ”Our current electricity crisis is the result of public officials not doing their jobs properly,” said NCF chairperson Thami Bolani in a statement.

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/ 9 November 2007

Bottled water may be little more than a rip-off

Consumers are waking up to some startling facts about buying water in bottles, the National Consumer Forum says. In the United States, public pressure has been growing to force powerful corporations to disclose where their bottled water comes from, after research indicated that up to 40% of bottled water used tap water as its source.