Vodacom

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

#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

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

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

Vodacom increases revenue on strong customer growth, cheap data deals

Article bogdan TagDiv - 24 Jul 2018

Apart from South Africa, Vodacom has operations in Tanzania, the DRC, Mozambique and Lesotho

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Mbalula defends changing taxi operating times

Thando Maeko - 3 Apr 2020

Regulations for taxis have been relaxed over the last few days of the lockdown prompting criticism. Transport minister Fikile Mbalula however, has defended the decision

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