A new electronic queuing system will soon be rolling out, to ease the waiting periods at Home Affairs. Visitors are to receive a number to indicate their place in the queue.
The new system will assist the department to obtain useful information such as, how long visitors have been queuing and how many people visited a [...]
Home Affairs new queuing system
Published in April 20th, 2010
Posted by Lucinda Carolus in News Update
No Comments
Icasa announces 27% cut in interconnection rates
Published in April 15th, 2010
Posted by Emma Donovan in News Update
After months of delays and deliberations, Icasa unveiled its draft regulations regarding the cut in interconnection rates today. It proposes to decrease cell phone interconnection rates by 27% in July 2010, from 89c per minute to 65c.
Icasa also announced that there would be two further cuts, to 50c in July 2011 and 40c in [...]
Compliment of the week: getclosure!
Published in April 15th, 2010
Posted by Mduduzi Ndlovu in Top Rated
We believe good service is a right and we at getclosure are working tirelessly to ensure that you get excellent service. We do everything that we can to facilitate complaint resolution between customers and suppliers – and always appreciate compliments from consumers that are happy with our service. This week I have these two compliments [...]
The Grid and e.tv partner to create Mood Maps
Published in April 14th, 2010
Posted by Lucinda Carolus in News Update
Vodacom’s the Grid, South Africa’s only location based mobile social network, has partnered up with e.tv to show the mood of the country after the weather report on the Sunrise morning show (weekdays from 6am to 8am).
The Grid subscribers can now set their mood to either ‘happy’ or ‘sad’ and a Mood Map will be [...]
Google adds site speed to ranking factors
Published in April 12th, 2010
Posted by Emma Donovan in Tech Talk
On 9 April 2010, Google added site speed to their search ranking algorithms. Site speed reflects how quickly a website responds to web requests.
Google will measure page speed in terms of how a page responds to Googlebot, and the load time as measured by the Google Toolbar.
Site speed is one of about 200 different [...]
Blogroll
Consumer Information
Recent Entries
-
- Compliment of the week: MTN
- Compliment of the week: Edcon
- Compliment of the week: Nando’s
- Compliment of the week: Budget Insurance
- Compliment of the week: Virgin Mobile
- Compliment of the week: FNB
- Compliment of the week: Virgin Mobile
- Compliment of the week: Dial Direct
- Compliment of the week: Pick n Pay, Kempton Gate
- Compliment of the week: Lewis Stores
Categories
Recent Comments
-
- Alexi on Consumer Protection Act Series #10 – Right to return goods
- Evert Bosman on Consumer Protection Act Series #10 – Right to return goods
- Arthur on Carte Blanche Consumer
- charl on Consumer Protection Act Series #10 – Right to return goods
- Fatima on Consumer Protection Act Series #10 – Right to return goods