Happy salary day! 
South Africa’s news cycle was heating up yesterday. These are the two important things you should know right away: MultiChoice has increased prices for its pay-TV subsidiaries, DStv and GOtv, for the second time in less than a year. It cited the inflationary markets as its reason for hiking prices after reporting a 99% half-year profit decline in 2024.
Vodacom, South Africa’s second-largest telecom operator, has announced plans to deploy Jeff Bezos’ low-earth orbiting (LEO) satellite, Project Kuiper, to extend its 4G/5G services to more of its customers in Africa. This move comes as Starlink, Elon Musk’s satellite company, faces delays in entering the South African market due to ownership and licencing hurdles. If Kuiper secures a first-mover advantage over Starlink in South Africa—marking its African debut—it could prove to