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Why zero-rated mobile phone content is a nation-builder

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The new mobile licence conditions, which insist networks provide educational content for free, will start to bridge the digital divide
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Student drops out as tech access issues hinder his learning

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In April, UniZulu announced that it had negotiated zero-rated data with MTN, Telkom and Cell C in so its students could access teaching and learning on its online platform without incurring data costs
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UWC has resilience by the bucketful

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The university is implementing plans to ensure that no student is left behind during the pandemic
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Faster, cheaper data is here – but not for long

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There are factors such as exchange rates, electricity costs, security free and fuel prices that are contributors, but additional spectrum will certainly bring about significant change in the local industry
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South Africa’s digital divide detrimental to the youth

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Without the means to leverage lockdown as a time to grow, Covid-19 reinforces how access to data remains a barrier to young people’s progress
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Zero-rate mobile services for health, education and development now

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Operators must work together — if each network picks which sites to zero-rate, access to information will be determined by the colour of a person’s sim card
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Vodacom bolsters its interventions in basic education

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More resources are being invested in early childhood development programmes
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From data must fall to data for all

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Commission orders Vodacom and MTN to lower their prices and provide daily, free ‘lifeline’ data
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Why the gender pay gap persists

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Social norms and the economic value we attach to work are among the reasons the disparity still exists
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The unholy cost of a sacred death

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Funerals come with a huge price tag here in South Africa, but unless they’re okay with being pariahs, the bereaved must spare no expense
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What it’s like to be spied on

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Mail & Guardian journalist Athandiwe Saba tells of finding out that she was being surveilled
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SABC appoints new acting COO

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The national broadcaster’s board has appointed Dr Craig Van Rooyen with immediate effect
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#PleaseCallMe movement urges Vodacom users to ditch the network

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Nkosana Makate has been negotiating with Vodacom for several years in an attempt to get “reasonable compensation” for the free message service
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Madonsela backs calls for Vodacom to settle Please Call Me saga

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The former public protector has urged the mobile company to ‘do the right thing’ by resolving the impasse with the inventor of the phone service
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Vodacom ‘Please Call Me’ settlement offer ‘an insult’ – Makate

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Vodacom claims to have reached a settlement with Nkosana Makate but he has refuted these claims
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