Records were forced from us - cellphone firm

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Staff Reporter
September 05 2008 at 02:57PM

Vodacom has defended itself against the handing over to the Erasmus Commission of Inquiry of the cellphone records of Cape Town Mayor and DA leader Helen Zille, saying it had no choice in the matter.

Zille has called the situation "a serious invasion of privacy and unconstitutional in its own right", and charged that Vodacom should have been more careful about ensuring client privacy.

The service provider, she said, should not simply have handed over the records without due diligence.

"There were allegations the City of Cape Town had engaged in illegal spying. The irony is that the only person against whom illegal spying was conducted was myself," Zille said.

Her concern was that an "illegal and unconstitutional commission set up directly for the purpose of smearing me and the DA" was able to obtain all her cellphone records and to trace every person she had spoken to for six months.

Vodacom responded on Friday that while it understood and respected Zille's concerns, the company had received a subpoena from the commission, which was deemed to be a judicial commission of inquiry. As such, Vodacom had provided the information as demanded in terms of the subpoena.

Questioned about who had, as a result, enjoyed access to Zille's cellphone records, commission evidence leader Frans Petersen, who compiled the interim report which was handed to then premier Ebrahim Rasool, said only legal representatives had received their clients' phone records, as had been agreed.

Petersen denied that any cellphone records had been attached to the interim report.

High Court Judges Kevin Swain and Chris Nicholson ruled that the commission had been unconstitutional and illegal.

The judges said the motive behind its establishment had been to embarrass and discredit political opponents, particularly the DA.


This article was originally published on page 5 of Cape Argus on September 05, 2008.

Comments by Sonny

Vodacom cries foul!
They should sue the people involved.
Judge Erasmus should be impeached!

Vodacom buys Gateway units

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August 29, 2008

South African mobile operator Vodacom, joint owned by Telkom and Vodafone, has agreed to buy most of African network and satellite services firm Gateway for an enterprise value of $675-million.

Vodacom said the deal would boost its presence in Nigeria, Africa's biggest mobile phone market, and improve its offering of converged communication services across Africa. The deal does not include privately-owned Gateway's broadcasting business.

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ANC RACISM

RACISM



Have any of you read the VODACOM share offer currently being displayed on their website? This offer as you will read is only for BLACK public, BLACK companies, BLACK , BLACK, BLACK.



I currently pay Vodacom R 11,000-00 per month for all our company phones and data bundles.



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Never fear my friend, Sasol did the same.
The name of the racist game is BEE........
It should be declared an 'International Crime!'
The majority were given everything, yet they steal from the WHITES..........