This week’s Consumerwatch is a cautionary tale for small businesses. I’m very grateful to a Durban businesswoman for sharing her story with us in a bid to warn others. She'd found no warnings online about any of the companies involved, but she did miss some tell-tale signs in her dealings with the fraudsters, and that’s been her very expensive lesson.

High Court outlaws banks’ controversial money grabbing

Wendy Knowler is arguably South Africa’s most experienced consumer journalist. She’s helped more consumers over her 20 year career in consumer journalism than she could count. But while known as a champion of consumer rights, Wendy is also known and respected by corporates for her fair, accurate and balanced reporting. Want to be a more sussed consumer or corporate? Listen to Wendy's episodes here.