I am from the US and I thought it was an understatement about how expensive cell phone service is in South Africa. Man I was in SHOCK! South Africa is using airtime like we did in the early 90's. So I ran into some trouble getting a cell phone. Cell phone companies require you to have 3 months bank statements from a south african bank to get a cell phone contact. I think MTN is going to take our bank statements from the states. So up until I can get a contract Im on prepaid airtime. OMG I have quickly learned that I can not talk on my cell phone like I use to in the states.