The small village with no traffic lights which became South Africa’s first smartphone-only town
Wakkerstroom is a historic agricultural town in southern Mpumalanga, near the KwaZulu-Natal border, where farming business BPG Langfontein partnered with a major mobile operator to give everyone a smartphone.
By Jan VermeulenSouth Africa
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Wakkerstroom is a historic agricultural town in southern Mpumalanga, near the KwaZulu-Natal border, where farming business BPG Langfontein partnered with a major mobile operator to give everyone a smartphone.
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- Published
- November 3, 2026
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- Jan Vermeulen
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