Savvy South African Schools use SMS
Primary school children (under the age of 13) were recently made to wait alone outside their school for their parents to collect them while teachers went home when an athletics practice was cancelled. This unsafe situation for the children could easily have been avoided had the school implemented an SMS notification system. Read more>>

All SMS direct marketing contravenes the Consumer Protection Act (South Africa)
The Consumer Protection Act (CPA) allows sending unsolicited direct marketing communications (which is commonly seen as spam by many consumers) under certain conditions. However, if one looks more closely, it turns out that it is simply not possible to comply with these conditions with SMS communications. Read more>>