RICA: If scammers can still call you, has it been worth all the trouble?

News24 Business9 October 2026 at 10:09

For more than 15 years, activating a cellphone SIM card in South Africa has meant going through “the RICA process” – registering it using verified identifying information. Despite this cumbersome procedure, fraudsters still phone people from apparently ordinary local numbers, and sometimes even…

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