Vodacom Cancellations

I am completely shocked with how Vodacom handles cancellations. I am in the process of Immigration and wanted to cancel my data only contract. I understand there is a penalty fee, but to pay more than just paying it off monthly is ridiculous. So I will pay almost double the amount and not any receive data. how does that make sense? And then have to call from another country to close the contracts when the contract ends in August 2021. Hows that for service. My experience with my MTN contract with a handset, was a breeze and cost less to close. So when choosing a network I would now always recommend MTN over Vodacom.