AfriForum challenged two notices of the Minister of Trade and Industry exempting medium- and low capacity municipalities from parts of the Consumer Protection Act.
Municipal services are at the same centre of quality of life for all citizens, and their rights as consumers against municipalities cannot be deferred in perpetuity in absence of an express legislative provision allowing it.
AfriForum v Minister of Trade and Industry and Others 2013 (4) SA 63 (GNP)