The national winners of the 19th Vodacom Journalist of the Year (VJOY) awards have been announced, with amaBhungane’s Susan Comrie and eNCA’s Dasen Thathiah sharing top honours and the R100 000 prize money. Despite the devastation wrought…
The government’s Covid-19 health helpline was “inundated” with calls – not from people seeking medical advice but rather frustrated Vodacom clients trying to contact the mobile operator’s call centre. The Covid-19 number 111 is also…
New spectrum given to mobile operators in April is starting to bear fruit as SA’s largest network operator launched 5G services in three cities on Monday. Vodacom said it had switched on “Africa’s first live 5G mobile network” in…
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…
Port Alfred CBD was rocked on Wednesday morning when armed robbers entered the Vodacom shop in Anchorage Mall and, according to unofficial reports, stole cell phones, laptops and other items of equipment. SAPS, security and ambulances…
Vodacom has received backlash on social media after ‘Please Call Me’ inventor Nkosana Makate denied reports that the matter between the two parties had been settled. According to Sunday Times, Vodacom announced it was paying “reasonable…
