Vodacom “Value News Network” Competition

Terms and Conditions:

Vodacom (Pty) Ltd (“Vodacom”) is running the Vodacom “Value News Network” Competition (the “Competition”) where customers stand a chance of winning their share of prizes to the total value of 150,000 incl. VAT when following the Vodacom Value News Network on YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, or Instagram, and following the prompts to enter the Competition.

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 all natural persons residing in South Africa from 09:00 on 10 September 2025 to 23:59 on 28 November 2025 (the “End Date”).
  2. The duration of the Competition may be extended or curtailed at the discretion of Vodacom.

Prizes

  1. The Competition will run for 12 (twelve) weeks:
  • Week 1 (10 September 2025 to 15 September 2025): 
    • One (1) lucky entrant stands a chance of winning Prepaid LTE data for a year (R99 Prepaid LTE bundle X 12months), to the total value of R1,188.00 (one thousand one hundred and eighty-eight Rand);
    • One (1) lucky entrant stands a chance of winning a Samsung Galaxy S25, valued at R19,999.00 (nineteen thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine Rand);
    • Three (3) lucky entrants stand a chance of each winning a Vodacom Thesis Limited Edition Merchandise hamper to the value of R2,999.00 (two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine Rand);
    • Ten (10) lucky entrants stand a chance of each winning a VodaBucks voucher to the value of R500.00 (five hundred Rand);
    • In total, there will be fifteen (15) winners with a total prize value of R25,184.00 (twenty five thousand one hundred and eighty four Rand).
  • Week 2 (16 September 2025 to 22 September 2025): 
    • One (1) lucky entrant stands a chance of winning Prepaid LTE data for a year (R99 Prepaid LTE bundle X 12months), to the total value of R1,188.00 (one thousand one hundred and eighty-eight Rand);
    • One (1) lucky entrant stands a chance of winning a Samsung Galaxy Watch 6, valued at R7,999.00 (seven thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine Rand);
    • Three (3) lucky entrants stand a chance of each winning a Vodacom Thesis Limited Edition Merchandise hamper to the value of R2,999.00 (two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine Rand);
    • Ten (10) lucky entrants stand a chance of each winning a VodaBucks voucher to the value of R500.00 (five hundred Rand);
    • In total, there will be fifteen (15) winners with a total prize value of R23,184.00 (twenty three thousand one hundred and eighty-four Rand).
  • Week 3 (23 September 2025 to 29 September 2025): 
    • One (1) lucky entrant stands a chance of winning a Samsung Galaxy S24, valued at R9,999.00 (seven thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine Rand);
    • Three (3) lucky entrants stand a chance of each winning a Vodacom Thesis Limited Edition Merchandise hamper to the value of R2,999.00 (two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine Rand);
    • Ten (10) lucky entrants stand a chance of each winning a VodaBucks voucher to the value of R500.00 (five hundred Rand);
    • In total, there will be fifteen (15) winners with a total prize value of R23,996.00 (twenty three thousand nine hundred and ninety-six Rand).
  • Week 4 (30 September 2025 to 06 October 2025): 
    • One (1) lucky entrant stands a chance of winning a Vivo Watch GT, valued at R2,529.00 (two thousand five hundred and twenty-nine Rand);
    • Three (3) lucky entrants stand a chance of each winning a Vodacom Thesis Limited Edition Merchandise hamper to the value of R2,999.00 (two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine Rand);
    • Ten (10) lucky entrants stand a chance of each winning a VodaBucks voucher to the value of R500.00 (five hundred Rand);
    • In total, there will be fifteen (15) winners with a total prize value of R16,526.00 (sixteen thousand five hundred and twenty-six Rand).
  • Week 5 (07 October 2025 to 13 October 2025): 
    • One (1) lucky entrant stands a chance of winning a Samsung Galaxy Watch 6, valued at R7,999.00 (seven thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine Rand);
    • Three (3) lucky entrants stand a chance of each winning a Vodacom Thesis Limited Edition Merchandise hamper to the value of R2,999.00 (two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine Rand);
    • Ten (10) lucky entrants stand a chance of each winning a VodaBucks voucher to the value of R500.00 (five hundred Rand);
    • In total, there will be fifteen (15) winners with a total prize value of R23,184.00 (twenty three thousand one hundred and eighty-four Rand).
  • Week 6 (14 October 2025 to 20 October 2025):
    • One (1) lucky entrant stands a chance of winning a Samsung Galaxy Watch 6, valued at R7,999.00 (seven thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine Rand);
    • Three (3) lucky entrants stand a chance of each winning a Vodacom Thesis Limited Edition Merchandise hamper to the value of R2,999.00 (two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine Rand);
    • Ten (10) lucky entrants stand a chance of each winning a VodaBucks voucher to the value of R500.00 (five hundred Rand);
    • In total, there will be fifteen (15) winners with a total prize value of R21,996.00 (twenty one thousand nine hundred and ninety-six Rand).
  • Week 7 (21 October 2025 to 27 October 2025): 
    • One (1) lucky entrant stands a chance of winning a Vivo Watch GT, valued at R2,529.00 (two thousand five hundred and twenty-nine Rand);
    • Three (3) lucky entrants stand a chance of each winning a Vodacom Thesis Limited Edition Merchandise hamper to the value of R2,999.00 (two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine Rand);
    • Ten (10) lucky entrants stand a chance of each winning a VodaBucks voucher to the value of R500.00 (five hundred Rand);
    • In total, there will be fifteen (15) winners with a total prize value of R16,526.00 (sixteen thousand five hundred and twenty-six Rand).
  • Week 8 (28 October 2025 to 03 November 2025): 
    • One (1) lucky entrant stands a chance of winning a Tecno Watch Pro 2, valued at R5,999.00 (five thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine Rand);
    • Three (3) lucky entrants stand a chance of each winning a Vodacom Thesis Limited Edition Merchandise hamper to the value of R2,999.00 (two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine Rand);
    • Ten (10) lucky entrants stand a chance of each winning a VodaBucks voucher to the value of R500.00 (five hundred Rand);
    • In total, there will be fifteen (15) winners with a total prize value of R19,996.00 (nineteen thousand nine hundred and ninety-six Rand).
  • Week 9 (04 November 2025 to 10 November 2025):
    • One (1) lucky entrant stands a chance of winning a Samsung Galaxy S25, valued at R19,999.00 (nineteen thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine Rand);
    • Three (3) lucky entrants stand a chance of each winning a Vodacom Thesis Limited Edition Merchandise hamper to the value of R2,999.00 (two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine Rand);
    • Ten (10) lucky entrants stand a chance of each winning a VodaBucks voucher to the value of R500.00 (five hundred Rand);
    • In total, there will be fifteen (15) winners with a total prize value of R33,996.00 (thirty three thousand nine hundred and ninety-six Rand).

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. 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. Any participant under the age of 18 shall present their parent / guardian’s written consent to enter the Competition at Vodacom’s request.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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 at the End Date.
  7. In the event that the user of the mobile phone (i.e. the 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.

Valid Entry

  1. In order to stand a chance of winning in the Competition, qualifying entrants -
  • will have to follow the Vodacom Value News Network on YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, or Instagram, and remain a follower until the End Date;
  • will have to tag a friend who loves scoring great value deals and use the #VNN hashtag.

for their entry to qualify.

  1. Participants are allowed to enter multiple times but can only win once during the Competition.
  2. There are no additional charges for participating in the Competition apart from the standard data costs to upload a valid entry, as explained in clause 12 above. Standard data costs apply as per the user’s Service Provider and existing price plan for data usage.
  3. Vodacom shall not be liable for any costs incurred by the winners for entering the Competition or in claiming any prizes, where applicable. 
  4. Data transfer speeds are not guaranteed and are dependent on network availability and utilisation.

Prize draw

  1. The weekly winners will be randomly selected on or after the last date of the weekly period from all eligible entries who meet all the requirements set out in these Terms and Conditions.
  2. The verified winners will be notified within two (2) working days) after he / she has been selected and verified as a winner.

Winner Validation

  1. All the information provided or related to this Competition shall be managed, captured and approved by Vodacom.
  2. Vodacom may share personal details of the respective winners, such as name and contact number with a Vodacom approved third party agency, who will notify the respective winners that they have won in the Competition, and you hereby agree to such disclosure as is necessary to effect prize fulfilment.
  3. Vodacom (and / or the Vodacom approved third party agency will use reasonable efforts to contact the winners via direct messaging on their social media profile contact details provided by the participants to participate in the Competition.
  4. Vodacom (and / or the Vodacom approved third party agency shall attempt to contact the winners for a period of 2 (two) normal working week days 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 a participant not be available on the contact details provided during the timeframe stipulated above or rejects, forfeits or declines acceptance of the prize, that person's right to the prize will be deemed to have been waived and the prize will be forfeited. Vodacom reserves the right to then award the prize to the next randomly drawn 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 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 documentation 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 weekly winners’ name and location will be displayed on the Vodacom Value News Network YouTube, TikTok, Facebook and Instagram platforms after a period of 2 (two) working days subsequent to notification of the winners.
  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. All prizes, except for the Prepaid LTE data packages and VodaBucks, will be sent with a courier service to the winners’ physical addresses only. No prizes will be delivered to a postal address.
  2. In order to effect arrangements required for the prize fulfilment in terms of this Competition, Vodacom will share personal details of the respective winners, such as name and surname, contact number and physical address, with a Vodacom approved third agency, Ram Hand-to-Hand Couriers, for distribution of the prize items, and you hereby agree to such disclosure as is necessary to effect prize fulfilment .
  3. Winners of VodaBucks will need to register a VodaPay account to redeem their vouchers.
  4. In the event of the Prepaid LTE data packages, these will be electronically transferred
  5. No prize is transferable or exchangeable and may not be redeemed for cash.
  6. If a winner cannot accept a prize for any reason whatsoever, the prize will be awarded to the next selected entrant.
  7. All risks and ownership of the prizes shall pass to the winners on transfer/delivery thereof and hence all of Vodacom’s obligations in regard to the Competition as well as in regard to the prizes shall terminate.

Personal information

  1. User data collected via the Competition will not be used for any other purpose than for execution of the Competition.
  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 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, 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 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 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 by law to alter or cancel any aspect of the Competition or to terminate it as a result of changes in legislation, or for any reason whatsoever, it will have the right to terminate the Competition being offered, with immediate effect and without notice. In such event all entrants hereby waive any rights which they may have against Vodacom and its associated companies, agents, contractors 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