Cell C are ripping their contract holders off

I was in the Cell C Shop in Hout Bay at the end of May 2018. The consultant Luke Nicolas told me about a monthly contract with Cell C for an LG phone for R185 per month, but if I signed the contract on 28 May, the contract price special for that day only would be R179 per month.

So I signed a 24 month contract with Cell C on 28 May 2018 for R179 per month. Instead of deducting the R179 per month, which is the amount that I agreed to, they have been deducting just under R185 per month.

When I phoned to query this, I was told that Cell C had a price increase on 1 July 2018, so they have put the price of my contract up.

As far as I am concerned, this is not the contract that I signed for 24 months. The contract price was supposed to be fixed for 24 months and Cell C can't just increase the amount that they charge me every time they decide to increase prices.

According to Consultant Aretha Hlako and Supervisor Lance Joseph, Cell C can just put up their prices whenever they want, irrespective if I have a 24 month contract with them or not. If I am not happy with that, according to them, I can cancel my contract with them, provided I pay them the fees for the next 20 months, which is when the contract expires.

Where are my rights as a consumer and how can Cell C just do whatever they want and charge me whatever they want, irrespective of what the signed contract that I have with them states?

R6 extra per month does not sound like a lot of money but imagine how much more extra money Cell C is making by charging every one of their customers with contracts an extra R6 per month?