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Student drops out as tech access issues hinder his learning

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 11 Jun 2020

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

UWC has resilience by the bucketful

Coronavirus Vivienne Lawack - 7 May 2020

The university is implementing plans to ensure that no student is left behind during the pandemic

Faster, cheaper data is here – but not for long

Article Tshegofatso Mathe - 23 Apr 2020

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

Article Kristal Duncan-Williams - 19 Apr 2020

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

Zero-rate mobile services for health, education and development now

Article David Harrison - 23 Mar 2020

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

Vodacom bolsters its interventions in basic education

Special Reports Staff Reporter - 10 Feb 2020

More resources are being invested in early childhood development programmes

From data must fall to data for all

Article Tshegofatso Mathe - 6 Dec 2019

Commission orders Vodacom and MTN to lower their prices and provide daily, free ‘lifeline’ data

Why the gender pay gap persists

Article Lynley Donnelly - 8 Aug 2019

Social norms and the economic value we attach to work are among the reasons the disparity still exists

The unholy cost of a sacred death

Article Tshegofatso Mathe - 11 Jul 2019

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

What it’s like to be spied on

Article Athandiwe Saba - 7 Jun 2019

Mail & Guardian journalist Athandiwe Saba tells of finding out that she was being surveilled

SABC appoints new acting COO

Article Eyaaz Matwadia - 30 Apr 2019

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

Article Mashadi Kekana - 31 Jan 2019

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

Article Mashadi Kekana - 30 Jan 2019

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

Article Mashadi Kekana - 15 Jan 2019

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

Low mobile data prices forecast

Article Thulebona Mhlanga - 31 Aug 2018

A new company has launched a service that seriously challenges those of the major mobile operators

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