Vodacom South Africa announces annual tariff increases, remains committed to delivering great value to customers
Vodacom South Africa has announced annual price adjustments to postpaid and fibre tariffs that will become effective from 1 April 2024. This year’s adjustment equates to an average increase on a customer’s total bill of 4.6%, which is lower than the 5.3% increase in headline inflation announced by Stats SA for January. The decision comes at a time when Vodacom continues to invest heavily into maintaining network resilience to deliver an enhanced customer experience and in response to various challenges faced by the industry that has resulted in increased operational costs for operators including base station vandalism and battery theft, loadshedding, currency weakness and high inflation. “We are fully alert to the financial pressures on customers caused by the high cost of living and remain committed to delivering innovations that enhance the value we deliver to customers to help alleviate cost of living pressures. To help cushion customers from impacts of higher increases...