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Herotel began its journey in 2015 with the dream of connecting all South Africans to faster, more affordable internet. In 2020, we united 19 of South Africa's top Internet Service Providers to bring you bigger and better internet.
Overview
Location
South Africa, Western Cape, Stellenbosch
Employees
1001-5000
Founded date
2015
Mentions in press and media 13
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| Aug 11, 2026 | How much Amazon Leo will cost in South Africa | Herotel CEO Van Zyl Botha Herotel intends to sell Amazon’s low-Earth orbit satellite broadband at prices that closely track its existing fibre packages, and will carry the currency risk on terminals landed in South Africa, CEO Van Zyl Botha... |
| Jul 15, 2026 | Amazon will launch its satellite internet in South Africa, seemingly beating Musk in his homeland | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By GERALD IMRAY CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Amazon said Wednesday that the technology company will launch its new satellite internet service Amazon Leo in South Africa in 2027, seemingly pushing... |
| Jun 26, 2026 | Gigabit fibre arrives in Joburg township for R5/day | Fibertime founder Alan Knott-Craig Fibertime, the pay-as-you-go township fibre network founded by serial telecoms entrepreneur Alan Knott-Craig, has reaveled that it has recorded download speeds of 1Gbit/s on its network in Alexandra, Johan... |
| May 12, 2026 | Herotel becomes South Africa’s largest retail fibre ISP | Herotel has become South Africa’s largest retail fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) internet service provider by connected homes, according to the latest Africa Analysis FTTH Quarter Tracking report. The Stellenbosch-based ISP, which is owned by Vuma... |
| Apr 20, 2026 | Specialists leave mobile operators behind on home internet | Vox has taken every fixed broadband award in Opensignal’s latest South African benchmarking exercise, an outcome that puts a specialist internet service provider ahead of the country’s largest mobile operators on home connectivity. The comp... |
| Dec 23, 2025 | Tribunal clears Vumatel’s takeover of Herotel – with conditions | The Competition Tribunal has approved the sale of Herotel to Vumatel, but only subject to an extensive set of conditions aimed at safeguarding competition. The decision clears the way for Vumatel, which is already a shareholder in Herotel, ... |
| Jul 20, 2025 | Vodacom fibre play pushes Maziv valuation above Telkom’s | Vodacom’s proposed acquisition of a 30% stake in fibre network operator Maziv could value the target company at up to R36-billion after agreeing revised terms on Friday. That would make Maziv, which owns fibre companies Vumatel and Dark Fib... |
| Jul 18, 2025 | Vodacom’s Maziv deal gets makeover ahead of crucial hearing | Vodacom South Africa has announced big changes to the terms of its planned acquisition of Vumatel parent Maziv as it works to get the deal over the line. Under the new terms, Vodacom will buy a maximum 34.95% stake in Maziv, down from 40% p... |
| Nov 30, 2020 | Herotel Reaches 100 000 Customers, Raises R910 Million For Expansion | wp_booster error: td_api_base::get_key : a component with the ID: single_template_2 Key: show_featured_image_on_all_pages is not set. /home/r8qkakm4wchc/public_html/wp-content/plugins/td-composer/legacy/common/wp_booster/td_api.php (rara-er... |
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FAQ about Herotel
When was Herotel founded?
Herotel was founded in 2015.
What has the press written about Herotel?
Parsers VC has collected 13 articles mentioning Herotel, among them “How much Amazon Leo will cost in South Africa” (Aug 11, 2026) and “Amazon will launch its satellite internet in South Africa, seemingly beating Musk in his homeland” (Jul 15, 2026).
Is Herotel still active?
Yes, Herotel is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 18, 2026.