Service Disruptions Rile Mascom Subscribers
Monday, May 22, 2017
Of late, mobile phone users who subscribe to the Mascom network, expressed displeasure at the mobile phone giant, with some taking to the social media to vent their frustrations for what they say is “poor service”. Mascom is one of the three companies to establish, maintain and operate a Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) network in Botswana. Currently, the company commands a market share of around 52% with over 1.7 million subscribers.
Despite having a strong subscriber base, the mobile phone operator seems to have failed to live up to expectations of its customers due to poor connectivity and internet services both in urban and rural areas.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...