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DTIC & DCASA

The Debt Counsellors Association of South Africa have engaged with the DTIC on the topic of debt review.

At the end of March 2026, DCASA and the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition met to discuss debt review.

At the meeting, DCASA formally presented proposed regulatory amendments affecting the debt review framework. This was based on recent legal cases, as well as input from members on the topic.

During this engagement, DCASA put a lot of emphasis on the NCR’s guideline for fees that can be charged during the process. These have not been updated annually.

In fact, these were last reviewed in 2018 after a long period of proposals and consideration. Because the process has changed since then and because of the increases to the cost of living, those old fee guidelines do not meet current market realities. This threatens the sustainability of smaller practices and even larger ones.

DCASA also proposed providing the DTIC with some updated info about the workload and times taken to provide debt review services over time. Members should keep an eye out for upcoming surveys on the topic.

Such research in 2014 was used in the 2018 fee guideline by the NCR.