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<p>I recently arrived in South Africa for a 2 week holiday and decided to purchase a local sim card from Vodacom at Cape Town International airport. The gentleman at the Vodacom kios at the airport advised that the cost of a pay-as-you go sim card would be R105. Unfortunately/ fortunately, the Vodacom system went down and I was unable to purchase a 2nd sim card for my wife. I therefore, visited another Vodacom store in N1 City Mall and was able to purchase a sim card for 99c. The advisor at the store mentioned that the price for a pay-as-you go sim card is 99c. I have since then been to another Vodacom store and asked the price for a sim and was told it was also 99c.</p> <p>How come the airport charges more than 10 times the price for the same product! What a *******! It seems to me as if Vodacom are taking advantage of tourists/ passengers arriving at the airport who require a local sim. I would strongly advice anyone reading this article to either purchase a different network provider sim card or visit a store NOT at the airport!</p> <p>Although I currently reside in the UK, when I lived in Siouth Africa previously, I was always a customer of Vodacom but having had this experience I have srrious reservations as to whether or not I would use Vodacom in the future.</p>