SA woman owes Telkom R17 000 in emergency airtime [WATCH]

A woman with the handle @d.kaeii on TikTok shared a screenshot of her R17 000 emergency airtime on Friday, 5 May from Telkom and trended on social media.

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WHAT IS AN EMERGENCY AIRTIME?

The South African woman also went viral on Twitter when a tweep @aurababy18 shared her TikTok video: “There’s this hun on TikTok she’s owing R17 000 ya emergency airtime”.

According to Telkom, emergency top-up allows Telkom prepaid and top-up customers to get immediate access to airtime or data on credit and pay later with the next recharge. It is offered in two options, Airtime or Data options.

A tweep with the handle @Pamela393304832 revealed that the woman’s emergency airtime could have accumulated to R17 000 amount as the more you top up, the higher your advance, 

@Pamela393304832: “Bare, the more you top up, the higher your advance.”

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SOCIAL MEDIA USERS REACT TO R17 000 TELKOM BILL

@moloit6: “This is easy. Report the network provider for reckless lending. I’m not sure which Act to refer to but it might be FAIS Act.”

@aurababy18: “Like?? Njani babes as soon as she got to R1k she should’ve stopped.” 

@AbuleleSifumba: “Also, it’s their fault for letting it get that far.”

Goitseone: “Time to change your network provider eh.”

@zowlar31: “That time I’m out here suffering to pay back the R75 I owe Telkom.”

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