Retail giant Shoprite was fined R1m by the National Consumer Tribunal for breaching the credit act after it was found to have lent recklessly to vulnerable consumers.

The judgment was handed down  in the Pretoria high court on December 18 and publicised on Tuesday by the National Credit Regulator...

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