{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"LawDotNews","provider_url":"https:\/\/dotnewsconnect.co.za\/law","author_name":"LawDotNews","author_url":"https:\/\/dotnewsconnect.co.za\/law\/author\/lawdotnews\/","title":"Does the Consumer Protection Act Protect Every Tenant? &#8226; LawDotNews","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"MxUVmT7a6l\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dotnewsconnect.co.za\/law\/2026\/does-the-consumer-protection-act-protect-every-tenant\/\">Does the Consumer Protection Act Protect Every Tenant?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/dotnewsconnect.co.za\/law\/2026\/does-the-consumer-protection-act-protect-every-tenant\/embed\/#?secret=MxUVmT7a6l\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Does the Consumer Protection Act Protect Every Tenant?&#8221; &#8212; LawDotNews\" data-secret=\"MxUVmT7a6l\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/dotnewsconnect.co.za\/law\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"http:\/\/dotnewsconnect.co.za\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/07\/CPA_650.jpg","thumbnail_width":650,"thumbnail_height":300,"description":"Paying rent under a residential lease does not automatically make you a consumer under the Consumer Protection Act. A recent Supreme Court of Appeal decision shows that the real question is whether the landlord is letting property in the ordinary course of business. That said, even where the CPA does not apply and a lease is validly cancelled, a landlord cannot simply tell a tenant to leave without following the correct eviction process."}