President Cyril Ramaphosa recently announced at his State of the Nation address that the government will ensure that data costs are cut.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo provide impetus to this process, within the next month, the Minister of Communications will issue the policy direction to ICASA to commence the spectrum licensing process,\u201d said Ramaphosa.<\/p>\n
In the interim, South Africans must contend with high data costs, which Ramaphosa claimed are holding back economic development in the country.<\/p>\n
MyBroadband recently compared<\/strong><\/a> SIM-only data contracts across South Africa’s leading mobile networks.<\/p>\n However, many South Africans either can’t commit to a monthly data contract, or prefer not to.<\/p>\n Once-off data bundles are the alternative for prepaid users, but this way of buying data can be significantly more expensive than a long-term contract.<\/p>\n MyBroadband has compared the cost of recharging with a once-off data bundle with South Africa’s leading mobile networks.<\/p>\n We used the following resources to acquire these prices:<\/p>\n Below is the pricing of these once-off mobile data deals, along with any inclusive bonus data.<\/p>\n\n