Disastrous service provided by the Network

During July I obtained a new credit card, which I went through and updated the details with MTN pavilion. I was then out of the country until 26 Dec. Upon returning I noticed that my sim card was not working. I went through to MTN pavilion and was informed that my payments were not made (Due to their incompetence in updating my details) I then made the payment the same day. Till today (6 Jan) my sim card is not active. I've been through to MTN pavilion around 6 times, each time being made to wait over an hour before being served. Everytime I speak to either them or customer care, I get given a different reason for it not been active, with always someone else to blame. I've also been told numerous times that it would be activated within 24 hours (yesterday I was assured that it would be by 12pm today) now today I was told that it would be another 24 hours as apparently they did not log the service call yesterday. <br> <br> This is absolutely pathetic service by MTN South Africa - also shown by the fact that they do not want to provide me with the airtime paid for during the last few months, when payment failed due to their incompetence. <br> <br> <br> <br>