Now way of speaking to a human being

The call centre (083173) options are structured in such a way that there is no way that you can actually speak to a human being. More importantly, it loops, and eventually cuts off even once you have entered valid information.<br> <br> That is the rant bit - now to my problem (which has no way of being resolved through the scripted/automated call centre): I ported my number on the weekened, and received a confirmation sms on 27 Feb 2016 at 11:52 stating that the process has completed, and asking me to insert my new sim card. Needless to say, 48 hours later I still get the following 2 messages repeating on my phone: \Welcome to MTN\" followed by \"Activation not allowed now. Please contact customer care or retry later\".<br> <br> Since I cannot contact the customer care centre via my phone, and keep looping in an automated system when trying from another phone, I am now resorting to contacting you via HelloPeter. I received an email this morning with reference ***4 (on the back of escalating this through Afrihost). I need to speak to someone to understand what is happening, and when I can expect to have a working phone.<br> <br> This is not a great way to delight a new customer."