DEBT COUNSELLOR: is a person that assists a consumer who is unable to make payment towards his/her credit providers, for example, to negotiate and rearrange his/her payments to credit providers. A debt counsellor also assists with an application for debt counselling and must have the required education, experience and so on, in order to register as a debt counselor with the National Credit Regulator.

National Credit Act

The NCA protects a consumer who enters into a credit agreement with a credit provider. For example, a credit agreement can take the form of a credit card, overdraft, store card, personal loan and so on.