Calling for nominations to serve on the Western Cape Consumer Affairs Tribunal

CALLING ALL WESTERN CAPE CITIZENS! 

Do you know of anyone with relevant experience and skills to help us create a fair and just environment for consumers in the Western Cape? If so, the Western Cape Minister of Economic Opportunities, Ms Mireille Wenger, would like you to nominate them to serve as members of the Western Cape Consumer Affairs Tribunal, soon to be established in terms of the Western Cape Consumer Affairs (Unfair Business Practices) Act, Act 10 of 2002.

The Tribunal shall consist of four members, one of whom shall be designated as the Chairperson.

• The Chairperson must be a retired judge of the High Court, or an attorney, advocate, retired magistrate or lecturer at a university with not less than ten (10) years cumulative experience in one or more such capacities.

• The other members of the Tribunal shall have special knowledge or experience of consumer advocacy, economics, industry or commerce.

Please note that a person may not be nominated to serve as a member of the Consumer Tribunal if he/she (a) is not a South African citizen residing in the Western Cape, (b) is a public servant, (c) is, or during the preceding twelve (12) months was, an office bearer or employee of any party, movement, organisation or body of a partypolitical nature, (d) is an unrehabilitated insolvent, (e) has been convicted of theft, fraud, forgery or uttering a forged document, perjury, an offence under this Act or the Corruption Act, 1992 (Act 94 of 1992), or any offence involving dishonesty, or (f) has at any time been removed from an office of trust on account of misconduct.

The appointment will be on a part time basis and will be for an initial period of three years. Appointed members will be remunerated according to a tariff that will be communicated on appointment.

All nominations must be in writing and must be accompanied by the nominee’s written indication of his or her consent to such nomination as well as a comprehensive curriculum vitae of the nominee.

Nominations must be sent to the Department of Economic Development and Tourism, for the attention of Adv A Searle, Director: Office of Consumer Protector, PO Box 979, Cape Town, 8000, or hand-delivered to the reception desk at the Ground Floor, Waldorf Building, 80 St Georges Mall, Cape Town, or emailed to Buyile.Nopote@westerncape.gov.za.

Enquiries may be directed to Mr Buyile Nopote, tel (021) 483–9411/073 108 0947.

The closing date for the nominations is 31 August 2023.

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