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MORE THAN R2.5 trillion in outstanding personal debt owed by South Africans can be released to the local economy, according to the National Debt Counsellors’ Association (NDCA).
The organisation, which represents some of the debt counsellors, said between R70 billion to R100bn of this outstanding debt belonged to consumers who were in debt