You've heard South Africans don't like subscriptions. Cartrack just signed up a record number of them

Business BagelChristian Maidman · 22 October 2026 at 03:30

Cartrack added subscribers faster than ever in the six months to August, most of them at home, and the cost of winning them showed up in its cash.
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