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Community phones connect SA townships
The BBC reports on the introduction of community telephone shops by Vodacom, which is having a dramatic impact in the Cape Town area, where 40% of the people are unemployed and living conditions are cramped and crowded. "The shops operate on a simple basis. They provide people with a cheap means of making phone calls. With these community shops, places like Langa are bypassing the old analogue land line technology, as the centres use the digital mobile phone network. The shops have also become something of a social centre where people come to meet each other or just get talking to one another." |
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