The Big Issue Magazine

it’s TooMuchWifi

“On average, people in the townships pay up to R200 per gigabyte of data

outh Africans are acutely aware of the alarming disparity in our society between the ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’. It permeates into almost every aspect of our everyday reality, from education, healthcare and housing to connectivity. Over the past decade, connecting to the internet has become an essential part of daily modern life. We depend on it for everything from communication, education, work, news and entertainment to searching for jobs, friends, love

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