You are actually looking at a global problem, not just limited to SA. Others including Telco's in Brazil, Greece, Netherlands, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Cyrus, including AT&T, MTN, Orange.
Those are the ones I've found.
So far under time & location / mapping
24hrs ( 205KB ) opened google & imaps a couple of times.
I will take the iphone home and see what happens over the weekend.
I've fired up an iphone 4s and will test in the office & have turned everything on as we have a couple of corporates complaining about this issue & Jhb knows nothing about it :\
It isn't a Vodacom issue as i've seen issues from ( Brazil, AT&T, Greece, Netherlands, Namibia, Zimbabwe, MTN, Orange, MTN Cyprus ) all with the same problem, its an apple / apps that require location based services.
Apple had a press release in June;
June 2014
Apple launches a mapping...
Item: Samsung Galaxy Note 8 - White
Age: 3days old
Warranty: 12 months
Packaging: Original packaging
Condition: brand new
Location: Century City - Cape Town
Reason: I won it & already have a tablet
Shipping: Yes at buyers expense
Collection: Yes
Price: 4250.00
Link...
http://wap.telmap.com/vodacom
Tried and tested on my 9900 with .523 Dunno if we are giving it away for free or this is a mess up as last i heard Vodacom/Vodafone wasnt re-newing the license haha