Lunch breaks in toilets and no bras allowed — working at the Mara Phones factory
A former Mara Phones employee has painted a bleak picture of the working conditions they were subjected to at its now-defunct Durban factory.
The facility is set to be sold by its main lenders, the Industrial...
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Plan to save South Africa's first smartphone factory
A buyout team comprising of Mara Phones South Africa management has made a proposal to the company’s lenders to turn the company around rather than auctioning it off for parts.
This is according to a statement issued on Monday by Mara Phones...
Why South Africa's first smartphone factory failed
South Africa's first smartphone factory failed due to a lack of uptake in its products, fewer government tenders for its devices than it had anticipated, and the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown.
Following several reports of the Mara Phones...