Parliament withdraws bill aimed at reducing data costs

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The Electronic Communications Amendment Bill has been withdrawn.

 

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We shall reduce them in power ANC

Why why hai mxm

Whyyyyyyy

Why? Kickbacks?

Oh hayi kodwa

Mobile data prices in RSA will come down the day analog TV signals are shutdown to make way for 4G(LTE) mobile networks. 3G mobile networks are slow and congested for current mobile data use.

Umsuzo ke lona, fighters never give up keep moving

All these people complaining clearly didn't listen to the interview. The government wanted to force a single monopoly on data which would be state controlled. You want them to just switch you off like Zimbabwe when there is something they want to suppress?

If u don't vote eff this year then which means u are enjoying these sufferings

Shuu

Do you know why? Because our leaders are shareholders of the network providers. They just don’t care about us on the ground.

reason they don’t care 🤷‍♀️

Justice delayed...

You should know better that the Republic of South Africa is a nation with people whom must be respected by those who represent them in Parliament which this country have principles under Batho Pele which in this case the Minister considered the principles by taking the bill to us

Policy works that way in the Republic of South Africa, there's 4IR which is being introduced to South Africans which that Bill must also be aligned with but because your mission is to destroy image of people in government and you use your power to do exactly that.

eNCA at least know how these issues work by first reading the statement made by Minister Stellarated when withdrawing the bill, if you read properly the committee took into consideration the fact that consultation with people is still needed before passing the bill into law.

MbalulaFikile We’ll remember this on 8 May 2019......EFFSouthAfrica is the future...asijiki

The YT bosses said no.

U have got to be kidding me 😒

We understand why the bill was withdrawn. It's because our president is a shareholder at MTN, and reduction of data prices means reduction of profit to him. RamaphosaSoldOut

Vodacom and MTN have surely paid bribes to the right people

So MTN and the Stellenbosch mafia simply took a decision to reverse an MYANC decision like they did with the nationalization of the SARB,expropriation without compensation and privatization of SOE...Is this Ramaphosa a deployee of the MYANC or the Stellenbosch mafia and WMC?

CyrilRamaphosa is shareholder of MTN and mr 600 million jonas is a director now... No surprises here

Law makers continuously delay saving South Africans from the cruelty of cellphone networks. Exorbitant data and recharge expenses deprive poor people of access to information.

masalesajeremia Typical...something that can actually help the average person in this country they give up on.

masalesajeremia Louis Vuitton bags at work again?

Cos no-one in ANC could get a kickback

I wonder how much did they get for this ..EFFSouthAfrica you have my vote ..ziyanya ezizasekhaya

Why

South Africa does not need a data cost reducing bill, it's needs a Bill aimed at allowing young vibrant citizens a voice in parliament without them being part of some rich Political Party

What's new! The provincial government hoodwinked the Gauteng residents into believing that the E-TOLLS would be scrapped and they are still fully operational.

Eish is to much yho😕😕😕😑

Stellarated Haybo manyoko uyenza kanjani into enje sogqiba sihlupheka kangaka,sihluphekiswa yileANC yenu🤮🤮

😲

They chicken out on elections year ,cowards

We need cheaper data, we tired of this.. Petrol hikes, food inflation, expensive data e.c.t..parliament is really not serious about the whole data cost issue

It's fine for now, we know they are desperate for our votes. Let them do that in June

KHOTHATSOleFLEX Anc will never be for blacks, but has always been and will be for whites.

No surprises here even Vodacom is undermining the the concourt .

😭

Ayikho lento yalo hulumeni ngeke

What is this government’s aim bethuna?

Hahahahahaha more empty promises.

Kwakukhona tbotouch on the campaign jiki jiki usene online radio station

Not surprised at alll,Ramaphosa has a lot of shares in MTN,he needs that money to satisfy his insatiable greedy heart.

Wonder why. Oh OK less tax. Yes don't open the economy to poor people and then blame WMC.

Our government and Bushiri... same WhatsApp group shem. Going deeper into our already empty pockets

Unbelievable

This either exposes ignorance or non understanding of what is the bill about. Or a campaign to drive fake news deliberately to the public.

Problem the Govt doesn't listen people if it had ,that bill would continue we unable to carry out our research due to costly data

Dear the headline to this story needs to be changed. As is clear from the interview: - the Minister withdrew the Bill not Parliament -the Bill has nothing to do with DataCostsMustFall. Stellarated ICASA_org Pinky_Kekana1

Why?

So, data is not falling 🥺

😤😤😤😤😤😈😈😈😈

SPARKY_GUY Did it pay for braaipacks?

Wonderful

Rich mp's with free data & airtime

Too much corrupting left to do.

We in deep s.... honestly this is so annoying

CoruscaKhaya People just read da headline then comment🤔

They never loved us 😔

Yet again ANC government despoints, in the debate yesterday Malema ask how can you give school children tablets but u Cnt even reduce data cost how are they going to learn with those tablets. Nothing the ANC will do for you

Bloody moer

How is Mr Ramapoeshare’s tablets going to work in the schools with expensive data

They are protecting Telkom

I suspect gray security bags in play here.

Damn it

I thought this is Gov of the people, that prioritizes the people's needs

Do we even have a Parliament?

Mara why?

If the ANC does what the apartheid government did to you, you must do what you did to the apartheid government 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Mandela said something like that dear SOUTH AFRICAN CHILD

Awu they are seriously selling us short😵😵😵

Throwing the people of SA under the bus again... how many Louis Vuitton handbags did it take?

Has anyone checked Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams pantry and freezer?

They probably promised them iPhone 20

Are you serious 😒😒

Nkanyiso_ngqulu Put an end (criminalize) to racism while you at it!

Were there no consultations before the bill was proposed? The 'fourth industrial revolution' started way before October 2018 ... DataMustFall

I am not surprised at all.

They talk left and walk right! 😏

Why?

They are captured. klaar!

ICASA_org what's your take on this?

If May 8 was tomorrow, I wonder who would win.🤔

Bathong!

reason

Takers!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

Eff will sort this out.

The MYANC will never seize to amaze me. It doesn't think of the poor.

Where is fikile Mbalula now.

Did they consult us the voters/consumer's?.MYANC

Connect the Dots....

Inadequate coverage of the matter. Wasted my data

Why ?

iamtmaloka Mara this Government of ANC ke marete fela hleng

Stellarated Commander what is happening?

Heyi imikhuba yalelizwe izokumangaza

Bills are introduced to Parliament and withdrawn from Parliament by Cabinet ministers, except for committee bills [bills initiated by portfolio committees] which are extremely rare to begin with, and this was NOT one of them. This Bill was withdrawn by Minister Ndabeni-Abrahams.

Stella was hired for this, back to tje negotiation table, meanwhile Vodacom doesnt even comply with the ICASA regulations.

I need BLF to represent me in parliament, the EFF is just a piece of shit that I regret giving my vote. 😤😤😤😤

Why😭😭😭😭

Why? Because the ANC buddies will lose money! Shame on you all 😡

Bathong maar.. Nothing is really going right in this country, absolutely nothing. This government is really tired..

theese are people you vote for yabo.

government benefits more from expensive data. Than cellphone networks

We shall meet on 8th of May

Ramaphosa and family have huge shares in the sector. The President cannot do this to his own business. What are his children going to eat?

Our ANC is choosing WMC over its own voters, sis😣

It's no secret that MPs are fronting for WMC PresidencyZA GovernmentZA

sthebeworldwide What did you expect from this parliament,cos it's just a bunch of mother fuc..rs

sthebeworldwide We need this man to tell it all.

Haybo lamaxoki karhulumente anjani na

There’s a video by the law expert where she says the government has nothing to do with data prices and cannnot dictate it. Watch

It's like MyANC is doing everything it can hold SA back. We hear talk about the fourth industrial revolution, but how will SA compete effectively at this rate? There is no reason we can't do these things, but we need to make sure the right palms are greased first.

LV bag was given to somebody

People withdraw votes from ANC.

I wonder how many of those who are commenting actually read the article.

Not shocked. Ramaphosa people 😣

Anc is BAD for SA, really BAD!

MYANC you keep on failing us. The old people in your party must retire, they can't make better decisions that will benefit people. CyrilRamaphosa you were talking about the use of tablets in parliament don't you with think with high price in data those tablets are useless ?

This is a declaration of war against the people as currently we are over exploited by these companies who claim to be providing world-class data service at a cheaper price. Yet, in other countries where the same companies operate, data is way cheaper.

Emmanuel_Tsebe Rain 🌧 is here to stay R250 19hrs off peak uncapped data with downloads speeds up to 32Mbps

Emmanuel_Tsebe Parliament.. Kante keng ka wena

Bloody idiots

Our leaders cannot lify a finger against white monopoly capital and thinking they could was expecting far too much from ParliamentSA ANCParliament MyANC EFFSouthAfrica

Wtf is wrong with these cowards?

Shuuuuuu

Of course they do.

Parliament is made of political parties, these idiots pointing fingers at one corrupt party are just as corrupt with their party representatives. Seng'shilo go argue with your party leaders

Is Thumamina going to be surprise and worried about this or smile and look away. Clearly Parliament is captured, this Bill will take a decade before it get passed in Parliament.

On what grounds are they withdrawing this bill?

Bathong!!! can it be 8 May already I can't wait ngoku

This government is our biggest enemy, period.

More reason to vote them out.

..and there'll still be people voting for the ANC come May

No need for this bill just release the spectrum and allow more players to come in so more competition then data cost will go down.

this is sad hey

Damn it!

Mxa bayanya laba yaz

Elections money have been donated

Why?

Our glorious greedy movement. The MYANC you hv free data in parly and lucrative phone packages. You r not affected by data costs. Thank you for the tyranny. ANC lives ANC leads...CyrilRamaphosa EFFSouthAfrica

I guess the major network service providers took the Bosasa route and buy our ministers frozen chickens 🤔🤔🤔🤔we will never win as the pple of this country, the pple we elected to serve us are serving their pockets.

Its obviously something they don't have a problem with ! We all should have free WiFi everywhere Avl 😕

This speaks volumes about the influence the networks have in South Africa The ANCParliament have let the people down.

Fools are still going to vote for ANC

😭 ANC is just a business entity. Profit at all cost

coach_57926 uyayibona mara le MYANC yakho nalobu useless nyana bayo enabo?💁‍♂️ Hayi mina nagisazi🤦‍♂️🤣🤣🤣🤣

A chickenshit minister who is useless, but probably protecting a handout source. Screw the masses.

Obviously the corporate giants have sorted some people out.... wow ANC wow

Have any reasons been given why the bill has been withdrawn?

L😂l...they can't reduce that with the social media revolution happening here it's destroying MYANC they can't do that sibalele nje EFF is dominating in this streets why reduce that when we are Losing the information war every Propaganda after Propaganda is crushed here.😂

Yhoo to much isphithiphithi

The cost of living just gets higher and higher

Someone or alot of someone's got a bonus somewhere and we ,the nincompoops, must just suffer longer.

Its the least they can do after killing us with this load shedding mxm. Kodwa ke, its ANC🙄

Neo colonialism

We need a new Agrizzi. There is Bosasa type bribe here

But why? FollowTheMoney

Not surprised at all, ANC is a defender of Capitalist. Even colonial capitalist

Bosasa 2.0

What can these people do right mara yeh?

why?

Wtf!

Benji_Seitlhamo Wow ANC Wow!

And ICASA_org will you guys really implement this on the 28th?

😂😂Anc is not serious about anything

Unsurprising!

🙆🏿‍♂️🙆🏿‍♂️ we will suffer till we die here.

No surprise !!!! Yet ANOTHER BRIBE under the table for the CORRUPT ANC !!!

Let the citizens suffer while we eat

hayibooooo!!! Ishota ngantoni? Thethelela mTriniti ongcwele

Vodacom has obviously sorted them out....

Cc _AfricanSoil

Ofcourse they did.....

High costs of data must fallll

Why is it because it’s us the consumers who were to benefit and it is therefore not urgent

Why withdraw Data is too costly..

Why?, is it bcoz the government has shares in Vodacom ...or is it becoz ANC is just to corrupt to care about us the people.

how true is this

Shows you what hypocrites the ANC is. They create etolls, then voice anger towards it. They say lowering data costs, then turn down ideas to do so. Ramaphosa shocked and angry over load shedding but ace Magashule contradicting any good idea ramaphosa offers. MYANC is the problem

Does she even know what the fourth industrial revolotion is

WTF?!

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