Vodacom KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) has announced it has spent R100 million (US$7.3 million) to build 84 new base stations for previously unconnected areas of the coastal South African province.
A Vodacom investment of R100-million ($73,137.60) has been injected into the KwaZulu-Natal region in South Africa and has led to the deployment of 84 brand new base station sites. This comes as part of the telco’s KwaZulu-Natal Region drive.
The new sites were rolled out in 9 District municipalities and 14 local municipalities including Jozini, uMhlabuyalingana, uMfolozi, uMlalazi, uMsinga, uMzumbe, uMgeni, Ray Nkonyeni, Mandeni, eNdumeni, eDumbe, Msunduzi, Newcastle and Nqutu.
This is part of Vodacom’s Rural Coverage Acceleration Programme, firmly aimed at expanding network coverage for people who live in deep rural and remote areas in South Africa. Vodacom hopes this investment and new infrastructure will augment the continued development of network infrastructure outside of urban areas in the region.
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DA loses wards, ANC remains steady in by-elections
This week’s municipal by-elections, the last before the local government election scheduled for late October, saw the Democratic Alliance (DA) lose a number of wards, while the African National Congress (ANC) held fairly steady.
Wednesday was another bumper day for by-elections, with forty being held.
The ANC retained 27 wards, gained three, and lost one. By contrast, the DA retained six wards and lost four, two to the ANC, and two to the Patriotic Alliance (PA). The Inkatha Freedom Party retained one ward in Nqutu in northern KwaZulu-Natal and snatched a seat off the ANC in Pongolo, also in KwaZulu-Natal.