Gauteng Community Radio Kwika Device Competition

Terms and Conditions:

Vodacom (Pty) Ltd (“Vodacom”) is running the Vodacom “Kwika Machine Giveaway” Competition  (the “Competition”) in Participating Community Radio Stations in Gauteng, where 20 (twenty) lucky customers stand a chance to each win a Kwika machine to the value of R799 (seven hundred and ninety nine Rand).  The total value of the prizes in the Competition is R15,980 (fifteen thousand nine hundred and eighty Rand).

All participants during the term of the Competition agree to be bound by the following Terms and Conditions:

Duration

  1. The Competition is open to natural persons, 18 years and older, residing in Gauteng who call in to a Participating Community Radio Station in Gauteng, or post under the Kwika social media post on the comments section of a Participating Community Radio Station, to say how the Kwika device will change their businesses, from 09h00 on 25 June 2024 to 23h59 on 31 July 2024 (the “End Date”).
  2. The duration of the Competition may be extended or curtailed at the discretion of Vodacom.

Prizes

  1. 20 (twenty) lucky customers stand a chance of each winning 1 (one) Kwika machine to the value of R799 (seven hundred and ninety-nine) per Device, and the total value of the Devices in the Competition is R15,980 (fifteen thousand nine hundred and eighty Rand).
  2. The prize includes 1 (One) Kwika device only, and excludes any shipping or travel and other related expenses which may be incurred by the winners to collect the prizes from the respective Participating Community Radio Stations.

Eligibility

  1. Only entries received during the Competition period as stipulated in clause 1 above will qualify as potential winners.
  2. The Competition is only open to natural persons, 18 years and older. Entries received from business accounts held by legal persons (amongst other Corporates and SMEs, etc.) are excluded from participating and winning in the Competition.
  3. Only entrants who are using SIM cards that have been RICA registered are eligible to win the Competition. Each owner of a SIM card(s) is responsible to comply with South African law by RICA registering their SIM cards.
  4. Employees, directors and agents of Vodacom and all participating stores, their immediate families, life partners, business partners and associates and any person directly involved with the sponsoring, devising, production, management or marketing of this Competition are not eligible to participate in this Competition.
  5. Participants must reside in South Africa and be in possession of a valid South African identity document or permanent residence permit or temporary residence permit valid for a period exceeding 3 (three) months for the Republic of South Africa and valid for the Competition duration.
  6. Entrants/participants are only eligible if they have not won a Vodacom competition during 6 (six) months preceding this Competition. The 6 (six) months calculation will start from the date that Vodacom fulfilled the Prize in the preceding Competition.
  7. In the event that the user of the mobile phone (i.e., the entrant/participant in the Competition) is not the person that is responsible for payment of the participating mobile phone account/ charges, then the Prize will be awarded to the person that is responsible for payment of the participating mobile phone account/ charges.
  8. Vodacom customers who are not in good standing with Vodacom, or are involved in any legal process with Vodacom, or are in arrears with their accounts are not eligible for this Competition.

Valid Entry

  1. In order to stand a chance of winning in the Competition, qualifying participants have –
  • call in to a Participating Community Radio Stationparticipating community radio stations in Gauteng, or
  • post under the Kwika social media post on the comments section of a Participating Community Radio Station,

to say how the Kwika device will change their businesses, during the Competition period.

  1. The Participating Community Radio Stations are –
  • Soshanguve FM
  • Alex FM                 

(the “Participating Community Radio Station/s”).

  1. Participants are allowed to enter once only.
  2. There are no additional charges for participating in the Competition apart from the standard call in costs, or data costs to upload a valid entry, as explained in clause 13 Standard costs apply as per the user’s Service Provider and existing price plan for voice and data usage.
  3. Vodacom shall not be liable for any costs incurred by the winners for entering the Competition or claiming any prizes. 
  4. Data transfer speeds are not guaranteed and are dependent on network availability and utilisation.

Prize Draw

  1. The winners will be randomly selected on or after the End Date from all eligible entries who meet all the requirements set out in these Terms and Conditions. The verified winners will be notified within two (2) working days after he / she has been selected and verified as a winner.
  • Eligible entries will be put into a draw and through a process of a randomiser (selected at random), the winners will be selected.

Winner Validation

  1. All the information provided or related to this Competition shall be managed, captured, and approved by Vodacom.
  2. The Participating Community Radio Stations will share the personal details of the qualifying entrants, such as name and contact number, with Vodacom and an authorised Vodacom staff member will notify the respective winners that they have won in the Competition, and by participating in the Competition, entrants/participants agree to and accept such disclosure as is necessary to draw the winners and effect prize fulfilment.
  3. Vodacom will use reasonable efforts to contact the winners via direct messaging on their social media profile, email, or telephonically as may be applicable on the contact details provided by the entrants/participants to participate in the Competition.
  4. Vodacom shall attempt to contact the winners for a period of 2 (two) normal working weekdays after their names have been drawn and verified as winners. The winners will be contacted during normal working hours, between 8 (eight) in the morning and 5 (five) in the afternoon. Winners will be advised of arrangements in respect of prizes at the time of contacting the selected winners.
  5. Should an entrant/participant not be available, or should Vodacom be unable to reach that participant for any reason whatsoever, on the contact details provided during the timeframe stipulated above or of the Participant rejects, forfeit, or decline acceptance of the Prize, that person’s right to the Prize will be deemed to have been waived and forfeited. Vodacom reserves the right at is sole discretion to then award the Prize to the next randomly drawn entrant/participant.
  6. The claim for any Prize will be subject to security and validation, and Vodacom reserves the right to withhold any Prize until it is satisfied that the claim by a particular winner is valid. The selected winners must be able to identify themselves, in a manner determined by Vodacom, as the qualifying entrants/participants to the Competition and have to comply with the required validation procedure, determined by Vodacom, in order to claim any prizes, failing which such winner will forfeit the Prize and the Prize will be awarded to the next selected qualifying entrant.
  7. Notwithstanding the fact that the Prizes vest in the winners immediately upon the determination of the results, in the event that the required information, documentation or verification from a particular winner has not been received at the agreed cut-off date communicated to the winner, or no effort is made on the part of any of the winners to make special arrangements to meet the deadline set by Vodacom, such Prize will be forfeited. Vodacom then reserves the right to award the Prize to the finalist that is next in line.
  8. The winners’ name and location may be displayed on https://www.vodacom.co.za/vodacom/shopping/v/competition-winners after a period of 2 (two) working days subsequent.
  9. Vodacom shall request the winners’ consent in writing to their image and/or likeness being used and published by Vodacom in connection with the Competition for a period of 12 (twelve) months after they have been announced as winners. The winners may decline the use of their image and/or likeness by Vodacom.

Prize Delivery

  1. The Prizes will dispatched be to the respective Participating Community Radio Stations for collection by the winers.
  2. No prize is transferable or exchangeable and may not be redeemed for cash.
  3. If a winner cannot accept a Prize for any reason whatsoever, or if a winner is unable to collect the Prize for whatsoever reason (including the reasons mentioned above), the Prize will be awarded to the next selected eligible entrant.
  4. All risks and ownership of the Prizes shall pass to the winners on transfer/delivery thereof, and all of Vodacom’s obligations regarding the Competition and Prizes shall terminate.

Personal information

  1. User data collected via the Competition will not be used for any other purpose than for the execution of the Competition and/or for the sharing of related marketing and promotional information.
  2. User data collected via entry for this Competition will be stored for as long as it is legally required to and in accordance with Vodacom’s Privacy Policy,  http://www.vodacom.co.za/vodacom/terms/privacy-policy.

General

  1. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions is intended to, or must be understood to, unlawfully restrict, limit or avoid any rights or obligations, as the case may be, created for either the entrant/participant or the promoter in terms of the Consumer Protection Act, 68 of 2008 (“CPA”).
  2. The judges’ decision on any aspect of the Competition including the allocation of the prizes will be final and binding and no correspondence will be entered into.
  3. In the event of a dispute in regard to any aspect of the Competition and/or the Terms and Conditions, Vodacom’s decision will be final, and binding, and no correspondence will be entered into.
  4. Vodacom may refuse to award a prize if entry procedures or these Terms and Conditions have not been adhered to or if it detects any irregularities or fraudulent practices. Vodacom is entitled in its entire discretion to reject any participant for any reason and will not be obliged to notify participants that they are rejected.
  5. Vodacom and/or any other person or party associated with the Competition, their associated companies, partners, agents, contractors and sponsors and any of its personnel involved in the Competition shall not be liable whatsoever for any loss or damage incurred or suffered (including but not limited to direct or indirect or consequential loss), death or personal injury suffered or sustained arising from either participation in the Competition or from claiming the Prize.
  6. Vodacom is not liable for any technical failures affecting participation and/or Prize redemption/delivery process of the Competition. In addition, neither Vodacom nor its agents shall be responsible for any loss or misdirected entries, including entries that were not received due to any failure of hardware, software, or other computer or technical systems affecting participating in and/or the Prize redemption/delivery process of the Competition.
  7. Vodacom, its directors, employees, agents and distributors are not responsible for any misrepresentation (whether written or verbal) in respect of any Prize nor in respect of any warranties, guarantees or undertakings given by any person other than Vodacom itself.
  8. If Vodacom is required to alter or cancel any aspect of the Competition or to terminate it by law, as a result of changes in legislation, or for any reason whatsoever, it has the right to terminate the Competition, with immediate effect and without notice. In such event, all entrants/participants waive any rights they may have against Vodacom and its associated companies, agents, contractors, official Partners and/or sponsors.
  9. All information relating to the Competition which is published on any marketing material will form part of these Terms and Conditions. In the event of any conflict between such marketing material and these Terms and Conditions, these Terms and Conditions shall prevail.
  10. The Competition is also subject to and must be read in conjunction with, Vodacom’s existing terms and conditions applicable to its website and mobile site, respectively: https://www.vodacom.co.za/vodacom/terms/website-terms-and-conditions