Vodacom defends its data prices, suggests spectrum is still the problem: Vodacom charged people in South Africa about R115 per 1GB but in Egypt charged R18.20. MTN’s fee for a 1GB bundle was R148 in South Africa but just R40 in Uganda. Despite the recent price …
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Shop until the economy drops: From South Africa to the US, initial indications are that sales on Black Friday exceeded last year’s pre-festive season buying frenzy. If so, the term Black Friday, which was originally coined to …
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Data must fall: Vodacom, MTN called out on data prices, spectrum issue brushed aside: The commission said its inquiry found that the data prices of both companies were higher in South Africa compared with their operations in other territories on the continent, placing cash-strapped …
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Press Pass: Spotong — talking to township traders: “What a lot of South Africa doesn’t know is that there are hundreds of thousands of township traders,” he says. “A lot of people associate township trade with just taverns and shebeens, and maybe …
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Ferial Haffajee: Three reports signal global loss of trust in Ramaphosa’s reform drive. Eish!: Moody’s moved the outlook on South Africa’s rating from stable to negative on the eve of the magnificent game, muting attention away from the impacts. But then S&P revised its outlook on South Africa …
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Dwindling orders, falling budgets, no contingency plan: SOEs devastated by state capture, report finds: “The capabilities of the division are under-utilised and public institutions such as South African Police Services and Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa do not use these capabilities, hence most …
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