The South African Mobile Devices Distributors and Repairers Association.
Pretoria
Joined August 2020
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📢 MEDIA RELEASE | 12 SEPTEMBER 2026
SAMDDRA supports the Competition Commission’s Draft Guidelines on repair aftermarkets.
Read the full media release: samddra.org.za/pressroom/sam…
A proud moment for SAMDDRA and the Mbhashe community!
On 20 October 2026, we celebrated graduates who completed their three-month Cellphone Repair Training Programme in Mbhashe Local Municipality, Amathole District, Eastern Cape. 🎉
#SAMDDRA #CellphoneRepair #Mbhashe
After theory comes practice
Here is a glimpse of our candidates during their practical training sessions!
#SAMDDRA #FromTrainingToTrading #SkillsDevelopment #MobileDeviceRepair
📢 SAMDDRA welcomes the Competition Commission’s final Right to Repair Guidelines.
📄 Read the full media release: samddra.org.za/industry-upda…
📢 Join the SAMDDRA Information Session!
📅 20 October 2026
⏰ 14:00–17:00
💻 Microsoft Teams
We’ll discuss mobile device repair, e-waste, SAMDDRA membership, certifications, training & funding opportunities.
Meeting details 👇
#SAMDDRA #SMME #MobileRepair
FROM TRAINING TO TRADING
Practical mobile-device repair training equips beneficiaries with the technical knowledge and hands-on skills needed for the repair industry.
#FromTrainingToTrading #SAMDDRA #WRSETA #MICTSETA #4IR_Skills
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This is one reason @SAMDDRA1 was formed.
South Africa cannot remain a consumer market while value, profits and jobs leak out of local communities and the Country.
In mobile devices, repair & accessories, our response is localisation: skills, SMMEs, ownership, formal value chains and reinvestment.
We must move from consumption → participation → ownership.
#SAMDDRA #Localisation #TownshipEconomy #SMMEs #DigitalEconomy
Billions of rand generated through informal businesses, including spaza shops, may be moving out of South Africa through unregistered financial channels, according to a new report examining migrant communities and the informal economy in Tshwane.
Read on tinyurl.com/3dby44nk
#SpazaShops #FinancialCrime #MoneyLaundering #news #IOL
FROM TRAINING TO TRADING | Beyond the Launch
The launch was the beginning. Now we’re showcasing the journey as skills, tools of trade and business infrastructure create pathways to entrepreneurship and economic participation.
#FromTrainingToTrading #SAMDDRA #WRSETA
SAMDDRA’s Right to Repair advocacy continues to receive media coverage.
TechAfrica News features SAMDDRA’s support for the Competition Commission’s Draft Repair Guidelines and ongoing conversation around South Africa’s repair ecosystem.
Full article:
techafricanews.com/2026/09/2…
SAMDDRA’s position on the new repair guidelines has been featured by ITWeb Africa.
Read the full article here: itweb.africa/article/samddra…
SAMDDRA at GovTech 2026
We’re at the Durban ICC, joined by two local mobile-device repair technicians from Umlazi, showcasing their technical skills at the GovTech exhibition.
#SAMDDRA #GovTech2026 #Umlazi #SkillsDevelopment
Public comments are closing soon!
SAMDDRA is encouraging consumers, independent technicians, SMMEs and communities to have their say on the future of device repair in South Africa.
Submit your comment here: righttorepair.samddra.org.za
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Let's support the process led by the Competition Commission of South Africa:
- Consumers, users, ....
- Independent distributors and retailers,....
- Repair technicians and SMMEs, ....
- Environmentalists and electronic waste practitioners, righttorepair.samddra.org.za…
Let's support the process led by the Competition Commission of South Africa:
- Consumers, users, ....
- Independent distributors and retailers,....
- Repair technicians and SMMEs, ....
- Environmentalists and electronic waste practitioners, righttorepair.samddra.org.za…
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Looking forward to contributing at #GECplusAfrica26 in Cape Town.
I’ll join the panel “The Accelerator Playbook: Scaling Advanced Technology Ventures in Emerging Markets.”
Africa does not lack innovators. The challenge is building ecosystems that connect technology, patient capital, markets, skills and institutions so that promising innovations can move from pilots to sustainable scale.
📍 Cape Town
📅 16–17 September 2026
🔗 gecafrica.co
#ConnectingAfrica #DeepTech #Innovation #Entrepreneurship
SAMDDRA retweeted
Today is not really about launching containers.
It is about proving that when we combine skills + tools + infrastructure + market access + ongoing support, South African young people can build sustainable businesses.
Getting ready for the SAMDDRA–W&R SETA launch this morning.
The early results are encouraging. Now the question is: how do we scale?
#SAMDDRA #WRSETA #JobCreation #SMMEs
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Communications minister Solly Malatsi has appointed Loyiso Tyira as interim chairperson of the B-BBEE ICT Sector Council.
itweb.co.za/article/ict-sect…
