Limpopo's remote villages unable to access cellphone network
Stranded with no signal in Makhado
Saltiel Chebeng has a cellphone but he uses it mostly as a clock and calculator because there is no signal at his home in Maranikhwe village outside Makhado in Limpopo.
Chebeng, 77, rarely texts and to make a call he must walk to a nearby koppie where a signal comes and goes sluggishly. ..
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