Sim waste is a massive and growing problem, with local operators producing an estimated 180 million cards annually.

Vodacom South Africa has partnered with Circular Energy, a non-profit Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO), to divert e-waste from landfills into recycling and recovery programmes.

Makate complains to apex court that he has never received a cent from the country’s largest mobile network operator despite his invention over two decades ago ...