Parliament may take #DataMustFall debate further
22 September 2016
Cape Town - Members of Parliament could the take the debate on allegedly high South African mobile data prices one step further than just a portfolio committee hearing.
Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Telecommunications and Postal Services conducted a two-day hearing this week on South Africa’s mobile data costs.
The hearing was sparked off by the #DataMustFall hashtag, which has gone viral on Twitter this month as social media users call for networks to slash local data prices.
Stakeholders ranging from government, mobile networks, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) and the public gave their input at the hearings.