Rain running an evolved version of 5G in South Africa
Rain told MyBroadband that it has been running 5G-Advanced in South Africa since July 2025, albeit not with features uniformly enabled across the network.
The operator told MyBroadband that 5G-Advanced should be viewed as an evolution of...
MTN has highest in MyBroadband Insights' Network Quality Score in Q1 2026
MyBroadband Insights has released its Q1 2026 Mobile Network Quality Report, which shows that MTN has the best mobile network in South Africa.
The findings were based on more than 315,000 speed tests conducted by mobile...
Early 2026 floods classified as national disaster
South Africa has classified deadly floods across parts of the country as a national disaster.
Heavy rainfall, strong winds, lightning and flooding have resulted in loss of life, significant damage to infrastructure and property, environmental...
Limpopo's only serviceable air force helicopter rescues 18 at flooded restort
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) was forced to use a helicopter that had stood idle for two years to rescue 18 people at a safari lodge near Phalaborwa in Limpopo, Rapport reports.
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Don't piss me off, I asked your staff if they can give me a receipt or acknowledgement letter that I gave back your equipment.
NO, this is not a request for you to help me - it is a public post so people can see what you do.
See you in-person at the store, idiots.
Hi everyone
Just checking in to hear whether anyone who has signed up to be notified when Rain has opened up new GeForce Now slots have been invited to the join the service in recent days?
Reason I ask is Rain said it sent out a first batch of invitations for new users yesterday (Tuesday 11...
New GeForce Now slots opening soon in South Africa
Rain failed to open the next wave of Nvidia GeForce Now seats in late-August 2025, as it had hoped, meaning that no new cloud gamers have been able to experience the service since its launch in 2023.
However, the network operator told...
I really don't understand what's the point of having a fast internet connection that is most of the time down. When the speed was average, the network was always online. I think it's time to look elsewhere 🤔
South Africa investigating flood insurance for major cities
South Africa is studying whether some of its largest cities should take out flood insurance after a series of disasters in recent years led to bailouts from the government.
The insurance being considered is parametric, a type of...
I am writing on behalf of my brother regarding his Rain account. He has been trying to cancel his account since April 2025 but Rain keeps charging him and says they will cancel it—but they never do. Instead, they keep adding to his bill, for a router that he’s not using every month, and say that...
Got rainone running. The service and setup has been great and easy.
Just want to know where I can see the data usage for the main 5G connection. Can’t seem to find it on the raingo app or website.
Guys how do I get help with my rain outdoor router, it’s loosing connection every 2minutes, lve called a million times and they keep telling me I have a great connection of which l don’t, lm tired of buy mobile data while I’m paying every month,no maan! Rain please do better
Anyone in Brandwacht Office Park Stellenbosch - suggestions for reliable affordable fibre service provider for business? And off course, asking the nearly impossible, but just one with half decent support where if you pick up the phone and call them you at least to someone and get a response...
I have had a problem since this weekend. Usually if I can get this modem working on 5g, it spits out on average 97 mps. Now tho.. no matter how far or where in my flat I position this thing it always has me locked into 4G.. which gives me at 8mps if I am lucky.. which is unsurfable. Has anyone...
Hey everyone
I am trying to find any people who successfully joined GeForce Now after joining the service's waiting list on Rain's website.
Specifically excluding those who had managed to get a membership in the initial launch in early December or those were part of the beta.
Hi I paid my rain account for Feb and one of my 4G Sim card data was not loaded only airtime and the other 4G Sim was loaded with data and 60min airtime.
Please assist
5G expansion going strong in South Africa
South Africa's major telecoms companies radically expanded their mobile 5G connectivity and performance in 2024.
While the Covid-19 pandemic and load-shedding challenges limited 5G rollouts for the first few years of the technology's availability, the...
Rain on a roll
Rain had a storming year in 2024, reaching a valuation of almost R25 billion — an increase of roughly R3 billion year-on-year — and launching a range of new products.
Rain shareholder African Rainbow Capital Investments (ARCI) held a 21% share of the mobile operator as of August...