South Africa needs taxes and legalizing cannbis and taxing it could help substantially. I wrote to Tito Mboweni when he was Minister of Finance and urged him to do it way back then, but nothing materialised.
I think that Vodacom comes in as a close 2nd place for bad service. I tried to resolve a billing issue only to have more incorrect debits being placed on my account. The only way I could resolve it was to cancel my contract.
I am not surprised that they got fined. When they "accidentally" terminated one of our village's lines I had to fight with them for over a month, and then only received a refund after going to the ISPA. Their Whatsapp "support service" is abysmal. So glad I don't personally subscribe with them.
With uncontrolled public lawlessness and the absence of the government's appetite to address this, doomsday is not far off. Already the the trucks are blocking the main artery from Durban to Gauteng again, and last year's looting could recur if the government don't clamp down on this ongoing...
The government can't even ensure our right to LIFE, which is embedded in our constitution, as they are not doing enough to stop illegal immigrants, spiraling violent crime and a murder rate increase of over 20%. So, NO, I do not think that free access to the Internet is a basic right.
It is really a joke doing this census. Government spokesperson says it is worth the R3,2 billion because then they can plan for infrastructure needs!!! They can't even maintain our existing infrastructure, so do they even understand what they are saying?? Useless!