[blindza] FW: Visually impaired to receive training on National Credit Act
- From: "Jacob Kruger" <jacobk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "BlindZA" <blindza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:15:53 +0200
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BuaNews, South Africa
Visually impaired to receive training on National Credit Act
By Nthambeleni Gabara
Date: 20 Mar 2009
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Pretoria - The National Credit Regulator (NCR) is to hold a programme to
train visually impaired
people to understand the importance of the National Credit Act (NCA).
The regulator will fund the joint Train the Trainer Programme led by the
South African National
Council for the Blind (SANCB).
The first session of the programme, which will include 20 visually impaired
people, will be held in
Pretoria on 25 and 26 March.
The second phase of the programme will be about training identified visually
impaired people into
becoming debt counsellors in order to enable them to service their
constituencies and the general
public. This will take place on 30 and 31 March.
The training will focus on the Act and the roles and responsibilities of the
regulator, a body which
was formed to regulate the Act.
The NCR has undertaken the responsibility of managing the implementation of
the first phase of the
project.
The SANCB will also make available their training facilities and equipment
to allow for an effective
and efficient training environment.
The NCR and the SANCB will review the implementation of the first phase upon
completion.
Peter Setou, Senior Manager: Education and Strategy at the NCR said it is
envisaged that through
this project both the NCR and the SANCB will work towards educating
consumers on the Credit Act.
According to Mr Setou, this is the first project for visually impaired
people in South Africa that
is tailor made for personal finance management and debt counselling
services.
"We hope that through this project Blind people will have a better
understanding of the NCA, NCR,
managing their personal finances and debt counselling.
He further said the NCR has been tasked with the development of an
accessible credit market,
including accessibility to the NCA and other services offered.
Training of debt counsellors and facilitators from and for the visually
impaired sector would
enhance this accessibility considerably.
Chris Budeli of SANCB commended the NCR for the initiative of making the NCA
accessible to the
visually impaired South Africans.
"This knowledge couldn't have come at a better time", he said.
The Act which was signed into law on 15 March 2006 is aimed at regulating
the credit granting
industry, curbing reckless lending and ensuring that consumers are protected
from harmful business
practices by lenders.
Transactions that fall under the Act include loans and other credit from
banks, including mortgages,
overdrafts, credit cards, vehicle finance and any other personal finance;
furniture finance,
clothing accounts any other type of credit from retailers; micro-loans and
pawn transactions and any
other type of credit or loan provided to a consumer. - BuaNews
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http://www.buanews.gov.za/news/09/09032014451006
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