Tbo Touch has been labelled a “sell-out” after he returned to the #DataMustFall debate this week in light of a Competition Commission report on data prices. According to TimesLIVE, the commission has found that data prices in SA are higher than they should be, and are anti-poor. It gave major service providers MTN and Vodacom two months to drop the price of data by about 30% to 50%. It also called for all operators to inform each subscriber, on a monthly basis, of the effective price for all data consumed by the customer.
The report was welcomed by many on social media, who hold hope that prices will drop soon. But some were angered when media mogul Tbo Touch started doing interviews about the data issue in the wake of the report.
They accused Touch of “abandoning” the #DataMustFall movement he once led when he struck a deal with a major network. They said he had sold out, and only returned this week so he could take some of the glory from the victory against high data prices.
Radio personality Tbo Touch says he is one of those who have made recommendations over possible prices for data. #DataMustFall #Upfront Courtesy #DStv403 pic.twitter.com/z7SDnSlrht
— eNCA (@eNCA) December 3, 2019
Tha sell out Tbo Touch is out there trying to use people again for his personal gain with this #DataMustFall campaign. He even blocked everyone who called him out when he was lying about MTN data being cheap two years ago.
— Thibos (@ThibosAfrika) December 3, 2019
I can’t believe you people are falling for Tbo touch’s data scam AGAIN….his using yall to get a deal like the last time,yindaba ni dom kanje mara ai pic.twitter.com/UYOf5PUbju
— Mlangeni (@Nkosi_Dlamini_) December 3, 2019
Exactly
— mseti dubs (@MsetiDubs) December 4, 2019
Guy is lying MTN bought when he started, then he sold out, now he is coming to claim victory, Ramaphosa tendencies
— Mandla Sambo (@MandlaSMD) December 3, 2019
In other news – Muvhango pay drama not our fault – SABC
The SABC has shifted the blame over salary woes for Muvhango cast and crew to producers of the multilingual soapie Word of Mouth Productions. The public broadcaster confirmed to Sowetan that they had “met all its financial obligations” for the current season airing on SABC 2.
This comes after several Sunday media reports that the cast and crew of the Duma Ndlovu show were not paid for October and November after the “SABC did not have money to pay them” But the cash-strapped SABC yesterday said whatever led to salaries reportedly being late was not their fault. Read more
Source: Timeslive
