The Free Market Foundation (FMF) has taken note of the passing of John Kane-Berman, the former CEO of the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), with which the FMF has had a long and friendly relationship.
On 17 March 2022, South Africa’s Government finally concluded the auction process of mobile radio spectrum, during which 306 MHz of spectrum were bid off to the six participating carriers: Cell C, Liquid Telecom, MTN, Rain, Telkom and Vodacom. The most important results of the auction were that MTN and Vodacom obtained 210 MHz.