The main aim of the National Credit Act 34 of 2005 as amended (“NCA”) is to prevent over-indebtedness and to provide more accessible structures for dispute resolution. Among other solutions, the NCA aims to achieve this by creating a more transparent platform, which bodes well for debtors and creditors alike.
Credit providers can no longer institute legal action against a debtor without first issuing a letter of demand (a section 129 notice). This letter contains prescribed information and prescribes delivery of the letter of demand: “… unless otherwise provided for, means sending a document by hand, by fax, by e-mail, or registered mail to an address chosen in the agreement by the proposed recipient, if no such address is available, then the recipient’s registered address.”
A now established principle is that: “In practical terms, this means the credit provider must obtain a post-dispatch “track and trace” print-out from the website of the South African Post Office.”
If a consumer states in contested proceedings that notice did not reach them, then the court will have to investigate the matter to establish if the notice was delivered.
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