How to minimize spending over the festive holidays
Festive season celebrations: How to minimize spending. In this week’s blog, we here at Consumer Debt Support (CDS) would like to share more on this topic, the season of giving and sharing. We all have to prepare ourselves well in advance for the festivities of holiday visitors, Christmas and New Year Celebrations. Keeping this all-in […]
New Garnishee Law for workers rights
In this week’s blog, Consumer Debt Support (CDS) add more value on the topic under the law “New garnishee Law” that protects workers from unlawful garnishee orders. In 2014 a case was brought before the High Court, case number 16703/14. The applicant was THE UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH LEGAL AID CLINIC. The judgment outcome made by […]
Voluntary Surrender of a vehicle
Voluntary Surrender of a vehicle In this week’s blog, Consumer Debt Support (CDS) takes a look into how and when a consumer can surrender a vehicle to the bank or his collection agent. One needs to understand the ramifications and impact of a voluntary surrender or summary default judgement and what it could mean to […]
Debt Reconciliation
Debt Reconciliation: In this week’s blog, Consumer Debt Support (CDS) look into debt reconciliation. We can also name it debt elimination, another way to assess and eliminate excessive debt by refinancing credit card and other unsecured debt into one manageable and affordable account. Consumers are finding it difficult to make decisions whether to apply for a […]
Laid off at work, what must you do now?
Retrenched! What now? In this week’s blog, we at Consumer Debt Support (CDS) discuss the issue around the alarming increase of retrenchments. It affects consumers and the stress that goes with the news when receiving the letter confirming the date of lay off. Retrenchment can affect any worker at any time. It causes panic and […]
