The company says it has pursued every procedural avenue available to it to resolve the issue and is now left with no other option than to seek relief from the courts.
GovChat welcomes the Competition Tribunal’s interim order that prevents its off-boarding from Facebook-owned WhatsApp’s business platform.
The financially-troubled mobile operator says it has a zero-tolerance policy towards illegal or unethical activity and will not hesitate to act on evidence.
The Competition Tribunal issues an order for interim arrangement in the GovChat, WhatsApp and Facebook matter.
Facebook’s legal team argues the citizen engagement platform is “breaking all the rules” in the terms of use of WhatsApp’s business platform.
GovChat’s removal from Facebook-owned WhatsApp would materially prejudice the citizen engagement platform’s entire existence, says CEO Eldrid Jordaan.
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The South African watchdog engages WhatsApp’s parent company, Facebook, after the former rolled out new terms and conditions.
The CCMA is receiving record numbers of retrenchment referrals as a result of the pandemic, says Nicol Myburgh, head: CRS Technologies HCM Business Unit.
ICASA announced that Telkom has withdrawn “Part A” of its court application against the authority.
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Vuyani Jarana warns that the process will produce ‘a still born that will be extremely costly to funders and which will damage the mobile market going forward’.
The regulator is reviewing the Telkom’s court application and has engaged its legal representatives to oppose the court application.