Business Day TV spoke to Mmathebe Zvobwo, director of Market Development for South Africa at Truecaller
Truecaller says it identified 17.47-billion spam calls in South Africa in the first half of 2026, up 25.2% from a year earlier, as scammers increasingly turn to spoofing and AI-driven tactics.
Business Day TV spoke to Mmathebe Zvobwo, director of Market Development for South Africa at Truecaller, about the scale and evolution of the spam threat.
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