Anyone who flies into Johannesburg in the early mornings during winter will be familiar with the atmospheric inversion layer, where air near the ground is cooled by the unheated swimming pools of the struggling middle classes. The cool air traps pollutants beneath warmer layers
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Mobile operator Cell C, which is vehemently opposed to Vodacom acquiring rival Neotel’s spectrum assets, has welcomed a Competition Commission statement that the proposed transaction could prove to be
Cell C has raised E240m, or about R3,3bn at the current exchange rate, in new debt to fund expansion. The new “first priority senior secured notes” will supplement €160m in similar instruments already in
Cell C has renegotiated its roaming agreement with Vodacom, extending its access to the latter’s 3G network. “This agreement allows Cell C to provide a seamless experience to our customers, even those in outlying areas where we have limited coverage
Cell C has declared war on Vodacom and MTN, taking direct aim at its bigger rivals with an offer to buy out their post-paid subscribers from their contracts up to the value of R10 000. The operator
Cell C’s CEO Jose Dos Santos says an initiative to give customers up to R10 000 to help buy themselves out of contracts with other networks could last longer than just four months. The mobile
Data revenue on Cell C’s network has grown from R417m in the period January to March 2014 to R661m for the same period in 2015. This was disclosed at Cell C’s year-end financial results
Cell C CEO Jose Dos Santos on Wednesday vowed to fight Vodacom’s proposed R7bn acquisition of Neotel and to do its best to torpedo the deal in the legal system. “We will keep them in court
Cell C has begun a restructuring drive that could lead to the retrenchment of 47 employees, the mobile operator confirmed on Thursday. This followed a statement issued by trade union Solidarity
They make millions every year. But Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko and Vodacom CEO Shameel Joosub have agreed to spend a winter’s night on the cold streets of Johannesburg – and will even stump up a large amount