One thing has become much cheaper in South Africa
One increasingly essential service has defied inflation in South Africa over the last decade.
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Community Investment Ventures Holdings (CIVH) | Fibre | fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) | HeroTel | Maziv | Vumatel
Vumatel taking over another fibre giant in South Africa
South Africa’s biggest fibre network operator has received approval to acquire 100% of the country’s third-largest FNO.
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Frogfoot fibre price increases revealed
Frogfoot’s 2026 fibre-to-the-home price hikes will kick in on 1 February 2026.
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Dietlof Mare | Fibre | Fibre network operator (FNO) | fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) | home broadband | home fibre
One South African fibre network stands out
Telkom’s Openserve continues to grow its network substantially despite a broader slowdown in the home fibre industry.
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Afrikaans | Fibre | Fibre internet | fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) | Internet service provider (ISP) | Koekoek
Afrikaans news website launches fibre ISP with prices from R439 per month
South Africa’s largest Afrikaans-only news publisher is entering new territory.
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End of an era for South Africa’s oldest broadband technology
Telkom’s copper-based DSL subscribers have almost all transitioned to newer technologies, signalling the end of South Africa’s oldest broadband technology.
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South Africans sticking to slower home fibre
According to feedback from three major fibre providers, South African households are sticking it out with the slowest possible speed available to them.
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Full throttle for R5-per-day fibre in South Africa
Fibertime’s affordable home fibre rollout has accelerated to more than 500 households per day — and it’s nowhere near slowing down.
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Alan Knott-Craig Junior | Fibertime | Fibre | fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) | Vodacom-Maziv merger | Vuma Key
South Africa’s fibre-to-the-shack battle is about to begin
Millions more homes are set to get fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) Internet in South Africa in the coming years, with informal settlements and townships being major targets for providers selling the service.