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Cell C has appointed its chief operating officer, Douglas Craigie Stevenson, as interim CEO following the departure of Jose Dos Santos.

Trading as a newly listed entity on the JSE for barely six hours on Wednesday, MultiChoice had already angered communications regulator Icasa.

Vodacom has backed down over plans to charge customers for data rollover after a public outcry. In a statement on Wednesday, the operator said it will no longer charge for data rollover.

The communications regulator has expressed “concern” that the listing of MultiChoice Group went ahead on Wednesday “even though there is a complaint before its complaints and compliance committee”.

MultiChoice Group soared 16% in debut trading in Johannesburg as the pan-African pay-TV company embarks on a new era of independence following a spin off by technology giant Naspers.

MultiChoice Group made its market debut in Johannesburg on Wednesday morning as a JSE Top40 company with a market capitalisation of about R44-billion shortly after 9am.

Huge Group said on Tuesday that it has won an interdict in a legal dispute between two of its subsidiaries and Cell C, apparently preventing the mobile operator from terminating its services as planned at the end of this month.

Data-only network operator Rain said on Wednesday that it has become the first company in South Africa to launch a commercial 5G network.

King Goodwill Zwelithini is backing the launch of a new mobile virtual network operator in South Africa, which is expected to begin offering services by mid-2019.

Protest action hit the Cell C head office campus in Woodmead, Johannesburg on Tuesday as unionised workers picketed over bonuses.