7 months after account was cancelled Vodacom handed me over to collections

Firstly I suggest that you do your research properly. When I originally wanted to cancel my contract I was told that I needed to pay an amount that was over R1000. I then took my simcard out of my phone and destroyed it, but I continued to pay my account for many months. After that I phoned Vodacom and asked what the status was on the account so I could finalise and cancel it. I was then told the same thing, I needed to pay an amount exceeding R1000 to settle the account. Now understand my frustration because I have been paying for many months for a phone account that I wasn't using and the amount didn't go down. I then took it to Hello Peter and only then did the accountants realize that they made a mistake. They then informed me that I only needed to pay R154 in order to terminate the contract. I then paid the amount and then contacted vodacom again and asked them to terminate, but they said the account was still stuck in pre-legal status and needed to be changed to active status before they could do so. Then after 2 weeks of phoning vodacom every day to ask if the status was changed and every time I got the same answer that the status was unchanged, I took it to Hello Peter again. There I was informed that they rectified the status and terminated the contract as per my request. (See attached image)

So, why only now after 7 months without hearing a piep from Vodacom, am I being harassed over this again?

An account statement was mailed to me by Vodacom to confirm the amount of R154 I had to pay after a telephonic conversation in order to terminate the contract, which I did pay.

I refuse to be harassed into paying something I have already payed (you want me to pay another R1500 for an account that shouldn't exist).

You will not win this case. Fix your mistake, and if a debt collector contacts me again, I promise I will go public with this.