The National Debt Counselling Association (NDCA) has proposed the introduction of fit and proper requirements for debt counsellors.
If the proposal is adopted, it will enhance standards in the sector and prevent unregistered or unethical practitioners from posing as legitimate debt counsellors, the NDCA said in a statement this week.
René Moonsamy, the newly elected chairperson of the NDCA, said debt counsellors hold positions of trust, guiding financially vulnerable people towards sustainable debt management.
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