A totally wrong assumption is costing many South Africans dearly; to the point of financial ruin in some cases.

First rule of buying or selling via the likes of Facebook Marketplace or Gumtree: consider everyone who responds to be a fraudster and take the necessary precautions.

A body corporate has no legal right to lock tenants out of premises in the event of a dispute with the landlord

Food past its best-before date has been scientifically proven to remain safe for quite some time after that

Too many people are taking these websites and adverts at face value; chasing the promise of a bargain without any awareness about the modus operandi of fraudsters.

Premium Steel has a ‘ridiculous’ policy of trying to muzzle unhappy customers

A bunch of people with sinister intentions called Discovery Insure agents over the course of a few weeks recently; and pretended to be 19 separate policyholders, asking for their schedules to be e-mailed to them. And those agents obliged.

Those cold calls trying to sell you something are often confusing and incomplete

Bela Bela pensioner Leon Bredenkamp traded in his trusty Toyota Corolla for a newer car that had been seriously damaged in a collision — and then rebuilt and sold on

It’s been more than six years since Gregory Williams discovered rust in his then three-month-old Ford Everest