South Africans to get new tool to stop unwanted marketing [SOUND]

# The National Consumer Commission has launched a free national opt-out registry to help South Africans block unwanted direct marketing. Commissioner Hardin Ratshisusu told the media consumers can pre-emptively block direct marketers, while marketers must register and regularly remove blocked consumers from their lists. Ratshisusu added the system will be phased in, with consumers able to register and block marketers from May next year: