South Africa being kept in the dark regarding Vodacom-Maziv deal

[Daniel Puchert]

Secrecy around South Africa's multi-billion-rand fibre deal

The Competition Tribunal has kept the South African telecoms industry in the dark over its decision to block Vodacom's multi-billion-rand acquisition of a 30% stake in Maziv, the parent company of Vumatel and DFA.

The Tribunal prohibited the transaction in a ruling on 29 October 2024, aligning with the Competition Commission's recommendation.

 

[r00igev@@r]

Aha, loadshedding is back, keeping us in the dark.

 

[Petec]

The cANCer wants to keep their voters lekker dof, with little access to news that shows how useless the ruling party really is.
Plus, our beloved guavament wants to keep their supportive masses in a perpetual state of poverty, by stifling access to communication/data, which will foster the much needed explosion of Small/Medium businesses.

 

[Sapphiron]

The transaction is regarded as a critical step in accelerating fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) rollouts in South Africa, specifically to lower-income communities.

Vumatel views townships and informal settlements as its next major FTTH frontiers. It argues that middle-class and high-income neighbourhoods have become congested with uncapped broadband options.

What a load of BS. Reduction in the number of players has never resulted in the expansion of a market

They only want to merge so they can control a larger portion of the market and increase profit through larger regional monopolies.

They are trying to virtue signal through their public statements on "township opportunities"

 

[Bad Ballie]

Typical South African incompetence, one the the largest selling points of the country as a whole.