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TimesLIVE
10-07-2025
- Automotive
- TimesLIVE
We get behind the wheel of the updated VW T-Cross
Launched in 2019, the T-Cross is Volkswagen's best-selling SUV and was recently given a midlife upgrade with refreshed exterior styling, an updated interior and new tech. The update comes none too soon with VW and other legacy brands having to fight off a growing number of keenly priced rivals from China and India getting more sophisticated with more features. Late last year, Volkswagen SA launched the latest T-Cross in upper-grade Life, Style and R-Line guises priced between R471,400 and R543,800. Earlier this year, it followed up with more affordable Base versions priced at R399,900 and R418,200. All variants are imported and sold with a three-year/120,000km warranty and three-year/45,000km service plan. Volkswagen has given the new T-Cross more styling swagger, with restyled front and rear bumpers, revised light clusters and a new radiator grille. Three bold new exterior colours are available: Grape Yellow, Clear Blue Metallic and Kings Red Metallic. Standard assistance systems consist of adaptive cruise control with stop/go functionality, cornering assist, lane assist, emergency assist and pedestrian monitoring. All T-Cross models are powered by a 1.0 l three-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine. The Base version has outputs of 70kW and 175Nm and a five-speed manual transmission, with all other versions getting the more powerful 85kW/200Nm unit paired with a seven-speed DSG gearbox.
The Citizen
10-06-2025
- Business
- The Citizen
Regulator rules against MTN for misleading advertising
Orders it to withdraw or amend the offending ads. Future MTN Shesh@ promotions must explicitly state that 300GB of the 600GB of data may be unusable without a reliable 5G connection. Picture: iStock The Advertising Regulatory Board (ARB) has ruled against mobile giant MTN for misleading advertising in its promotion of the 'Shesh@600' data deal, finding that the campaign created 'an unqualified expectation' of 600GB of usable data per month – despite many customers being unable to access half of it due to poor 5G coverage. The ruling follows a consumer complaint over the Shesh@5G package promoted on social media, which advertised 600GB of data for R399 per month. The fine print revealed that the offer was split into two 300GB bundles – one at 'best 5G speeds' and the other capped at 20Mbps. The complainant argued that because MTN's 5G coverage was unreliable or non-existent in his area, he could never access the 5G portion of the deal, effectively leaving him with only 300GB of data. ALSO READ: WATCH: DStv's 'R100' advert deemed misleading by regulatory board The ARB found this practice to be in breach of Clause 4.2.1 of Section II of its Code, which prohibits misleading or ambiguous advertising, and Clause 16 of Section III, which deals with the non-availability of advertised products. It said MTN's marketing did not sufficiently warn consumers that the 300GB of 5G data would be forfeited if a stable 5G connection was unavailable. 'In modern data usage, customers reasonably expect their routers or devices to default to slower speeds rather than cancel a data allocation entirely,' it added. 'The assumption that consumers should understand the 5G data is 'all or nothing' is not reasonable especially when MTN's coverage maps suggest the service is available in the area.' ALSO READ: FSCA fines African Bank R700 000 for misleading advertising [VIDEO] MTN refers regulator to its Ts&Cs MTN responded by pointing to its website's terms and conditions, which it claims made the two-bundle structure clear. But the ARB rejected this defence, noting that the social media posts and promotional material made repeated and prominent reference to '600GB at R399', and '300GB at best 5G speeds x 12 months', without qualifying the forfeiture risk if 5G was not accessible. It has ordered MTN to withdraw or amend the offending adverts and to ensure that future Shesh@ promotions explicitly state that 300GB of the data may be unusable without a reliable 5G connection. ASLO READ: Everything you need to know about your rights with false advertising Breach of consumer trust In a further directive to the industry, the regulator has requested that all its members – including media platforms – refrain from accepting MTN advertising for Shesh@ products unless the promotional limitations are clearly spelled out. This is the second ruling involving MTN's Shesh@600 product in less than a month. A previous complaint was dismissed after MTN confirmed the full 600GB was technically available. However, in this latest case, the board ruled that the data may be inaccessible in practice – which amounts to a breach of consumer trust. This article was republished from Moneyweb. Read the original here.
