Vodacom and MTN explain why phone contracts have become expensive in South Africa

Spam out of control | New Microsoft Outlook gets old theme, and TikTok pays R6.5 billion to settle US lawsuit | Samsung can restrict phones in South Africa if contract customers don’t pay South Africa's two largest mobile networks have given different explanations for rising contract prices.

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