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Wednesday, 30 September 2026
Prevention of gender-based violence dominated, alongside consumer rights advice and scrutiny of a disputed vehicle payload increase affecting Jatour owners.
- 13:23
Action Break Silence is working with 15,000 primary school pupils in Soweto and Diepsloot, using community trainers to challenge gender stereotypes, harmful behaviour and bystander apathy.
- 14:21
A Consumer Talk case involving an IGA blender ended with Makro replacing the appliance after acknowledging handling errors and confirming that unavailable spare parts should trigger replacement.
- 14:45
The AA found one Jatour T2 Explorer 55 kilograms short of its claimed payload capacity; owners remain legally bound by the 300-kilogram limit printed on their licence discs.
- 14:02
Putco reported more than 350 incidents between October 2024 and January 2025 in which taxis allegedly blocked its buses in Mpumalanga; taxi boss Joe Sibanyoni denied his association was responsible.
- 14:53
Consumer advice clarified that a replacement does not restart the original six-month warranty, while a repair carries a three-month warranty and a repeat failure requires a refund or replacement choice.