About 750,000 children may have dropped out of school due to COVID-19 Pandemic according to Khaya Mlamba of the Global Citizen. Telecommunications operators who won bids in South Africa’s recent broadband spectrum will be required to zero-rate all mobile content provided by public benefit organisations. The outcome of the spectrum is still to be announced after a settlement with Telkom is finalized.
Zero-rated websites provide content that people can download at no cost on their own cellphones. This could be content from schools, libraries and other public institutions.
Could zero rated mobile content have helped some of the 750,000 children? Could this content have been on YouTube ?
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