Vodacom Group Limited

And then talk about how I'm getting a percentage of the ad like you're about to with that Sing Studio.

You know what I mean? Percentage of an ad while a Vodacom ad is playing on all the smoke.

Okay.

Those are theories.

Don't say wild stuff like that.

Why do you think? You see Capitech there.

You see Vodacom there.

You see all these big brands.

So after 90 days, that SIM card just stops working immediately.

Okay, so that would mean that MTN, Vodacom, Cell C, and the South Africans would not be able to issue eSIMs to foreigners, but foreigners would be able to come to South Africa to use eSIMs that would be lodged in other countries.

Correct, yeah.

That's the loophole.

Correct.

So Vodacom, Cell C, I mean, this is for them to take up.

Vodacom, Cell C, MTN, and all the other networks that roam on these networks, me and you and all of those, they can't issue ESIMs because basically the criteria for that is what she's speaking about is now biometrics, proof of residence, and all the rigorous requirements that we have.

I guess, inversely, a South African who can't get himself a normal SIM, I guess, could go into the internet, get himself an eSIM, and roam on the South African network.

Good evening.

And after a post-close update from Vodacom, their earnings will be up quite nicely.

Chris Stewart, are you putting off your return for some reason? Well, we seem to have lost him.

We'll just put Chris Stewart back there for a moment and see if we're able to resolve that very quickly.

There does indeed seem to be one or two issues.

I think Chris Stewart with us now.

Chris, sorry about that, but an update from Vodacom just after the close.

All right, Chris Stewart, I'm told, is with us now.

Sibu Interventin, thank you very much for your call.

It's an interesting story, isn't it? Somebody just sent me a message to say, I work at the Vodacom Precinct in Midrand.

There are, what, six or seven restaurants at the Vodacom Precinct.

And none of them are allowed to sell bacon, despite the fact that the majority of the people that work and come to that precinct for business and whatever are not Muslim.

And for that reason, I have an issue.

My understanding was that the certification of certain foods to be halal or kosher was to say that those who observe Jewry or Islam are are welcome to participate in these gastronomies because they are halal or kosher but that doesn't exclude anybody that isn't jewish or uh or um or muslim in the enjoyment of that food but the counter argument from some is to say but in a country where the majority of the people are not Jewish or Muslim.

Why is it that they have to be compelled to not enjoy bacon at a particular restaurant or not enjoy alcohol at a particular restaurant, particularly if they have done so for the longest time? This feels like an imposition.

In fact, somebody has now just written to me to say, at Vodacom, none of the restaurants at the Vodacom precinct are allowed to sell bacon.