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I am sure that there will be more than a fair share of people who have frustrations with the RICA system. Many will have only themselves to blame. We have after all been told that we need to register our identities for our SIM cards and that we need to do this by 30 June 2011. No doubt many will be entirely to blame for missing the deadline but it is somewhat frustrating when you get a new phone on a contract when presumably they follow the process (the law came into effect on 1 July 2009) and RICA you in any event, and then take that same phone along to one of the shops, have it confirmed as being RICA’ed, and on 29 June 2011, before the deadline kicks into place, they cut your phone off in any event.
That happened to me with my BlackBerry phone, and it tells me a few things – firstly, that the records of the cellular providers are not as good as they are alleging, secondly, that people who have followed the process, who have gone in-store, like I had done, are still going to be cut off and lastly, I find it quite strange that my phone was cut off even before the deadline!
Posted by Michael de Broglio on Thursday 30-Jun-11
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Scharl said:
on Thursday 07-Jul-11 05:53 AM
my phone was ricaed through nashua mobile it shows that it is ricaed on mtn,s page, i got confirmation that it has been ricaed and verified, autopage also went through the process with me, and still they suspended my phone, every time , i have to take off from work to go back and sort this out cost me a hour or two of my wage, and fuel cost which is totally uncalled for, the rica process is a failure before it have started, just another no good idea of government it have already proven corrupt.
Daniela said:
on Monday 04-Jul-11 02:21 PM
What amazes me is that the RICA deadline was extended to 31 March 2011 and then to 30 June 2011 and yet with the 6 month extension people still did not do the necessary.
On Saturday I went to the Vodacom 4U shop at Eastgate and to buy a cellphone cover took almost an hour as the shop was crammed with individuals who had now been cut off and urgently had to register their SIM if they wanted to use their phones.
Procrastination, as much a part of our lives as breathing is.
Johannesburg based attorney specializing in personal injury matters including Road Accident Fund claims and medical negligence matters. My interests include golf, reading and the internet and the way it is constantly developing. I have a passion for life and a desire for less stress!
