Who's going to order so often that this would remotely make sense (no pun intended)... If they had fixed suppliers and this would form some informal supply chain maybe, bit it's not exactly an Internet service.
Why does this seem to be a petty hit piece report? Vodacom is already looking like the bad guy without this schoolyard could've-would've nonsense. The gave credit to Makate amd now they have to deal with the consequences.
There's a lot of outsourcing and Consultent employment being given to people from other countries. Especially in Telecommunications. Not sure where South Africa's government stands regarding this. Even labour brokering or outsource employment that's supposed to cater for project based employment...
There's a little more to it. I get this though. If you have money it enables you to do more, but that's a double edged sword. Basically what you do with your money now, will probably be the same if you have more of it, so the best way to view money, is as a tool that enables you to do what...