Newsflash: Vodacom to reduce data prices in April By Yanga Sibembe
Vodacom and the Competition Commission have reached a settlement agreement over the reduction of data prices, effective from 1 April 2020.
“The fact that the poor face such a bleak situation is a result of seemingly deliberate partitioning and price discrimination strategies adopted by Vodacom and MTN in South Africa and which they do not seem to adopt in other countries in which they operate,” the report said. “For example the key one gigabyte monthly data bundle will drop from R149 per month to no more than R99. This represents a 34% decrease,” he continued.
Within this portal, consumers will be able to browse websites relating to education, jobs, health and wellness, as well as Wikipedia.
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