Vodacom, SA’s largest mobile operator, managed to weather the 2020 storm — a troubled time for many counters on the JSE — better than other local telecoms companies. 

Like other consumer-focused industries, the mobile network industry is facing macro-economic challenges as customers battling job losses struggle to keep up with monthly phone bills, even when the sector’s services are so essential during the pandemic. ..

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