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Cell C Launches UltraBonus That Triples Your Recharge Every Time

Cell C Launches UltraBonus That Triples Your Recharge Every Time:


UltraBonus, which is available from Thursday, 19 July, is in line with Cell C’s commitment to bring customers the best value for money.

“We want to bring value to South Africans who are feeling the pinch of the increased cost of living. We decided to launch UltraBonus as our default prepaid tariff plan and believe this will go a long way in making the cost to stay connected more affordable. With all this great value, we believe our customers will be able to further stretch their hard-earned rands,” says Cell C Chief Commercial Officer, Junaid Munshi.

No matter the recharge amount, with UltraBonus, customers will receive three times the value every time they recharge. Customers receive 100% bonus value of the recharge amount, which is valid for calls to any local network (including Cell C) as well as for SMS and data. In addition, they will receive another 100% bonus value of the recharge amount for Cell C to Cell C calls as well as SMS and data.

“This means that by simply being a Cell C customer you get 200% added value on top of your recharge value to make more calls, send more SMS and enjoy even more data on our quality, high-speed nationwide network,” adds Munshi.

Example: A R50 recharge will give customers R150 in airtime value

Bonus airtime is valid for 24 hours from the recharge date and time, but can be extended with additional recharges, prior to the bonus value expiring. Bonus value that applies to data therefore does not expire for as long as customers recharge prior to expiry. The bonus airtime cannot be used to purchase bundles, pay for premium-rated services nor can it be transferred.

Since it’s the default prepaid tariff plan, all new customers who join Cell C will get this benefit from the word go.

Cell C prepaid customers that want to migrate to the UltraBonus tariff plan can do so by dialling *108# and selecting UltraBonus as their new tariff plan.

For more information, please go to www.cellc.co.za.

In 2001, Cell C launched its operations, bringing much needed competition to a telecommunications market marked by a duopoly. The company has since then strived to push competitive offerings to the telecommunications market and has continued its efforts to drive down the cost to communicate by launching affordable and innovative products and services to the South African consumer. Cell C currently provides products and services to more than 16 million customers, including prepaid, hybrid and contract solutions on voice, data and messaging platforms. Cell C boasts a nationwide network and has extensively invested in expanding and upgrading its network coverage and capacity. Its network provides coverage to over 98% of the country’s population. Cell C offers 2G, 3G, LTE (4G) and LTE-Advanced services and continuously invests in expanding and upgrading its network to offer customers the latest technologies. The company also has two roaming agreements in place to provide coverage to its customers in outlying and predominantly rural areas.

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It’s Mother’s Day every day at Central Square

It’s Mother’s Day every day at Central Square:

Mother’s Day ambience created by nostalgic tunes. Photo: Supplied.

Stand a chance to win Central Square vouchers if you take the best selfie with your mom. The competition ends on 20 May.

Mothers play an irreplaceable role in nurturing everyone around them, and the world has dedicated one day when they can put their feet up and be pampered in return. Boutique shopping centre Central Square at Menlyn Maine honoured mothers in South Africa with the word “Mom” represented in all South African languages in the precinct’s “mood tree”.
Central Square celebrated the Mother’s Day weekend from 10 to 13 May, but every day of the year is Mother’s Day at Central Square. Moms are honoured and loved for 365 days in the environs of Pretoria’s vibrant green city. Those who missed out on the weekend’s activities can still honour their moms until 20 May at the selfie stage and enter the “Selfie for Mom” competition.

The weekend was filled with unforgettable experiences as mothers loaded up on some “me time”. A popular stop-off for kids was the craft zone where children could create unique gifts for that special person called Mom. Children had fun expressing themselves and finding meaningful ways of thanking their moms.

The central piazza was pretty in pink with a bandstand playing cool tunes, while musicians created a nostalgic vibe with much-loved classics. The fun and love went on well into the evenings. Alan Hayward crooned his way through a set of vocals Ol’ Blue Eyes would be proud of, while Bogan Pashovski provided smooth keyboards, with Lyndi-Lee Smith and Ayo on vocals, created an ambience to be remembered.

A favourite amongst visitors was the “Video for Mom” booth where people could record a message for their mom to hear. Whole families, sons, husbands, daughters and children recorded heartfelt messages for moms. These can be seen on Facebook searching the hashtag #MaineMothersDay

The perfect weather added to the pleasure on the piazza as families enjoyed a meal at the outdoor eateries that were packed to the brim. Many visitors attended the spellbinding performances of Dynamo at the Sun Arena, also in the Menlyn Maine precinct.

Menlyn Maine is Pretoria’s vibrant green city precinct featuring sculpture parks, outdoor spaces, tree-lined avenues and shopping centre. Central Square is flourishing thanks to its emphasis on creating memorable experiences. With Mother’s Day and other special occasions, Central Square is fast becoming the community’s chosen destination for entertainment, dining, gifts and family gatherings. See the video and photo galleries here:

https://www.facebook.com/www.centralsquare.co.za/ #MaineMothersDay | https://www.instagram.com/central_square_mm/

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What every prepaid electricity user and provider should know

What every prepaid electricity user and provider should know:

STSA helps industry prepare for TID rollover at African Utility Week Photo: Spintelligent

Approximately seven million prepaid electricity meters in South Africa need to be reset before November 2024 as the system that runs the credit tokens will run out of numbers at this time and all existing meters will stop accepting credit tokens.

The South African metering standards industry body, Standard Transfer Specification Association (STSA), has embarked on an awareness programme to inform utilities to upgrade their vending systems to STS600 and visit each meter in its region to clear the memory and change the meter key before November 2024.

Don Taylor, director of STS Association, explains: “the token identifier (TID) is calculated as the number of minutes that have elapsed since a defined base date of 1993 up to the time of creating the token. The TID has a limited range and will run out in November 2024, at which point all existing prepayment meters will stop accepting credit tokens. In order to circumvent this issue, the memory of each meter needs to be cleared of all stored TIDs and its cryptographic key needs to be changed before 2024.”

The new range of TIDs will then start from a new base date of 2014 and run out in 2045, thus extending the useful functional life of the meter. “In order to do this key change,” Mr Taylor explains, “it is necessary that each meter has to be physically visited, which can be performed either by dedicated employees of the utility or by the end customer.”

Concerned utilities may leave this too late

“There is thus a six-year window,” he continues, “within which the utilities have to complete this programme. Because we are concerned that utilities may leave this too late, we are embarking on an awareness programme by reaching out to all STS users and providing a platform that will facilitate technical support and guidance to users during the implementation of the TID rollover programme. We aim to establish a website for this purpose where users can interact by discussion of issues. In addition we are embarking on a communication effort with users by making use of media channels and conference events in order to raise awareness of the 2024 TID rollover. This programme is being managed by a specially mandated task team.”

STSA estimates that approximately seven million prepayment meters are currently installed in South Africa, which could still grow to approximately eight million by 2024.

STS workshop on rollover at African Utility Week

Don Taylor adds: “we estimate there are approximately 50 million meters that are currently installed globally, which will definitely be affected by the rollover. If utilities are sufficiently proactive, then it is possible that all new meters being installed can be manufactured on the new base date of 2014, thus avoiding the 2024 event for these newly installed meters. It could well be that approximately 70 million meters in total will be affected between now and 2024.”

STSA is a returning industry partner association and exhibitor at the upcoming African Utility Week exhibition and conference in Cape Town in May 2018. Don Taylor and STSA technical consultant Franco Pucci are both speakers at the event workshops and in the strategic conference. During the STSA’s metering workshop on “Standard Transfer Specification and token ID rollover event in 2024”, the industry will be urged to upgrade to STS600 as soon as possible, start manufacturing new meters on the 2014 base date and to start the TID rollover programme soonest.

Standard Transfer Specification

The STS was created in South Africa in 1993 as an industry standard to support the Eskom mission of “Electricity for all” and its electrification programme to connect 10 million households to the electrical supply grid by making use of prepayment metering technology. The STS Association was founded and became the custodian of the STS in 1997, which was then published by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) as IEC62055-41 and IEC62055-51 as open international standards for prepayment meters.

There are currently approximately 170 members from 36 countries, almost all of which are manufacturing STS compliant products.

The full interview with Don Taylor can be read on the event website.

Award-winning energy platform

The 18th annual, multi-award winning African Utility Week will gather over 7000 decision makers from more than 80 countries to discuss the challenges, solutions and successes in the power, energy and water sectors on the continent. Along with multiple side events and numerous networking functions the event also boasts a seven track conference with over 300 expert speakers.

The African Utility Week expo offers an extensive technical workshop programme that is CPD accredited, free to attend, and offers hands-on presentations that take place in defined spaces on the exhibition floor. They discuss practical, day-to-day technical topics, best practices and product solutions that businesses, large power users and utilities can implement in their daily operations.

Industry support

African Utility Week has already secured important industry support including Eskom Rotek Industries, Hexing, Landis+Gyr and Lucy Electric as platinum sponsors and Aberdare, Empire Utility Solutions, SAP and Sensus as gold sponsors.

Dates for African Utility Week:
Conference and expo: 15-17 May 2018
Awards gala dinner: 16 May 2018
Site visits: 18 May 2018
Location: CTICC, Cape Town, South Africa

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Help Project Dignity empower every schoolgirl by sponsoring Subz sustainable pads

Help Project Dignity empower every schoolgirl by sponsoring Subz sustainable pads:

For thousands of young women, the ability to purchase a basic necessity – such as sanitary towels – is a financial impossibility. The impact of such a seemingly minor inconvenience can have devastating results on the individual’s dignity, as well as long-term educational setbacks that can, ultimately, change the trajectory of the young woman’s future.

“The reality is that, for so many women, both locally and globally, not being able to buy sanitary products means that for a week every month, daily activities are restricted,” explained Sue Barnes, founder of Subz Pants and Pads and the non-profit extension, Project Dignity. “For women of school-going age, that means missing out on a week of schooling every single month. This is classroom time that cannot be caught up, and the compounding effect is that these young women are unable to complete high school, putting them at a massive disadvantage for the rest of their lives.”

Barnes, a KwaZulu-Natal resident with a background in food technology and fashion design, became aware of this problem seven years ago when her youngest daughter returned home from school with a letter requesting sanitary towels.

“My daughter’s school ran an afternoon programme which offered educational assistance for children of another local school but they were concerned that a number of pupils were missing the programme,” recalled Barnes. “When they investigated, they discovered that girls were missing the programme the week they were menstruating because they didn’t have access to sanitary pads. This concerned me enormously. Having two girls myself – both of whom are dyslexic – I realised how detrimental it would be if they had to miss that much school. I decided I had to offer a sustainable solution to the problem.”

For Barnes, sustainability was key as it brought with it both economical and environmental advantages that disposable sanitary products did not. Taking her knowledge of fabrics from years in the fashion industry, Barnes designed the Subz Pants and Pads which is a reusable sanitary towel that clips onto a cotton panty. With the assistance of her husband, Mike, through his company, Mallards Boating, Barnes was able to produce the prototype and test it out.

Essentially, the Subz pads are made of two layers of hydrophilic fabric, one layer of hydrophobic fabric and 1 layer of plastic barrier which makes them extremely absorbent to prevent leakage. Together with the 100% cotton panties, they are patented and have an SABS absorbency approval. Packs are made up of between three and nine Subz Pants and Pads which, if cared for correctly, can last the user up to five years. Ideally, young women entering Grade 8 will receive one pack that should see them through their high school career.

Once the product had been perfected, Barnes went about sourcing sponsors for the packs with hopes of getting them distributed to as many young women in disadvantaged communities as possible. The donations are accompanied by an educational programme run by Project Dignity, the non-profit arm of Subz which has been operational since 2014. A number of companies have assisted in sponsoring and donations the past seven years, among them Hirsch’s Homestore, Sibiya Community Trust and Clicks Helping Hands Trust. Through its Helping Hands Trust initiative, Clicks is now stocking the Subz pad – a reusable self-clasping sanitary towel – at 280 Clicks stores. These are available for personal purchase as well as donation to needy recipients.
Barnes said there have been so many meaningful moments from visiting the schools and donating the Subz pads over the past seven years.

“At the recent Sustainable Living Expo in Durban, a young lady came up to me to thank me for the Subz pads she had received three years back,” recalled Barnes. “She explained that this donation had allowed her to finish school and she was currently studying to be a paramedic. It’s just so fantastic to know the difference we are making.”

To date, Project Dignity has donated more than 80 000 Subz packs to schools within South Africa and across the border with the assistance of generous donors. As long as there are regular contributions, Project Dignity will continue to meet the needs of young women in disadvantaged communities.

“One of our biggest challenges is resistance from schools who are unaware of the work that we do,” said Barnes. “We hope to eventually set up a formalised programme that would allow us to work routinely, targeting the necessary areas for donation while working with other non-profit organisations within education. It would also be wonderful if businesses could adopt a school and fund the Subz pads, allowing us to donate packs to the new Grade 8s coming through annually.”

If you’re willing to assist with sponsorship of Subz packs or would like to find out more, contact Brenda@subzpads.co.za or visit www.subzpads.co.za

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