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South African shopping habits might change on Black Friday because of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown. File photo.Image: 123RF/ GUI YONGNIAN

Black Friday 2020: Shoppers want half-price sales, basics & gifts for family

Family-orientated purchases such as electronics, data, food and airtime deals for the festive season are among the items shoppers are eyeing ahead of the 2020 Black Friday sales. Compared to 11 other countries, SA will be home to the…

The tablets project is part of the education department’s e-learning programme.Image: 123rf

Shock R400m to loan tablet devices for EC Grade 12 pupils

The Eastern Cape education department will fork out more than R400m on leasing 55,000 tablet devices for Grade 12 pupils which will be returned after three years. Initially the contract, which the department entered into with Sizwe Africa…

The Competition Commission and MTN have reached an agreement that will see the mobile network reducing data prices. Image: EPA/KIM LUDBROOK

Data prices will fall as Competition Commission and MTN reach agreement

The Competition Commission and mobile network MTN have reached an agreement that will see reduced data prices. The commission said on Thursday that a consent agreement concluded between itself and MTN to reduce data prices had been…

Vodacom agrees to cut mobile data prices

Vodacom has reached an agreement with the country’s competition watchdog to reduce its mobile data prices. One of the initiatives SA’s largest mobile operator will institute is cutting the cost of its 1GB monthly bundle from R149 to “no…

Vodacom and MTN have until June to respond to the Competition Commission’s report on data costs.Image: iStock

‘They’re milking us’: Vodacom, MTN data findings revive #DataMustFall

The Competition Commission’s finding that Vodacom and MTN charged users more for data compared to other countries did not surprise many on social media, reviving the #DataMustFall conversation. On Wednesday, the Competition Commission…

The Competition Commission intends to release its provisional report for the inquiry into data prices by April 30.Image: iStock

Preliminary report on data costs to be released before end of April

South Africans will by the end of the month get a glimpse into whether or not data prices in this country are higher than what they should be. The Competition Commission said on Monday that it intended to release its provisional report…