The Gauteng Office of Consumer Affairs (GOCA) exists to protect and promote consumer rights in the Gauteng Province and administers the Provincial Unfair Business Practices Act, No. 7 of 1996 as well as the Consumer Protection Act, No 68 of 2008 (CPA). The GOCA does this by investigating cases of alleged unfair business practices, advising consumers of their rights and conducting consumer education workshops and programmes across the province.