South Africa has various pieces of legislation in place supposedly protecting consumers from unsolicited commercial communication (be it via email or SMS).
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Mobile app providers rethink industry image
Consumer sites such as HelloPeter and investigative magazines such as Noseweek are regularly filled with stories of consumers billed outrageous amounts on their cellphone contracts by mobile content operators. Pensioners with bills running into the thousands, kids subscribing behind the back of their parents who are then forced to ‘pay-off’ the bills; there is no lack of horror stories about this industry doing the rounds.