MTN Upstream Promotional Competition 2025
Organization : Mobile Telephone Networks Limited
Competition Name : Upstream Promotional Competition 2025
Applicable For : South African Citizen/MTN subscriber
Competition Deadline : 12 March 2025
Prize : Samsung Galaxy A7 or A8 or iPhone SE or – iPhone 6S Plus or, Samsung Galaxy Tab or, – iPad Mini 4 7.9″ or, – HP 15 I5 Notebook
Website : https://www.mtn.co.za/pages/termsandconditions.aspx?pageid=942
MTN Upstream Promotional Competition
MTN in collaboration with Upstream launched the Upstream Digital Promo as a medium to promote content services. The description of the Competition is more fully described in paragraph 3 below.
Related / Similar Competition :
Campaign Period
** The Competition commences on 00:00 on 16 July 2025 and will continue until 23:59 on 12 March 2019 (the “Competition Period”).
Eligibility
Who May Enter
To be eligible to enter, the entrant must :
** be an MTN subscriber (PayAsYouGo, TopUp or Contract) who follow the steps listed in clause 5 below;
** be a natural person; and
** be 18 years or older.
Who May Not Enter
** Participation in this Competition excludes employees, directors, members, partners, consultants and agents of, or any other person who, directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by the Promoter/s or marketing service providers of this Competition, (and the spouses, life partners, immediate family members or business partners of the people or entities listed above.
This shall include:
** the Promoter/s;
** suppliers of goods and or services in terms of this Competition; and
** promotional partners, printers, advertising and promotional agencies, professional advisors and point of sale staff employed by or contracted to, or providing goods or services of any kind, to all the people or entities listed above during the Competition Period.
How to Enter
** During the Competition Period, the participants that meet all of the criteria referred to in clause 4 above must do the following in order to stand a chance to win
Free Trivia
** The participant can send anything to 30181 to register or via USSD *156* 101#
** Following the registration SMS as set out in paragraph 5.2.1 above, and for every SMS sent thereafter, the participant will receive 1 (one) SMS in response to each SMS that they send to the short code.
** The free trivia service comprises of 10 (ten) steps and/or trivia questions per day. Every SMS sent as part of the free trivia service (correct, false and/or invalid answer) will progress the participant by one step.
** Participants can get more information about the free trivia Service for free by sending “INFO” to the short code 30181.
** Participants can get their last unanswered question of the day (if any available) for free by sending “LAST” to the short code 30181.
** Participants can get to know their points in the free trivia draw for free by sending “POINTS” to the short code 30181.
Content Service
** Throughout the free trivia service, the free participant will be prompted to subscribe to 1 (one) of the 3 (three) new services mentioned below
1. In order to subscribe the participant must send a free of charge SMS to the below listed numbers to subscribe to any 1 (one) of the services :
** Guessing Games 39634
** In the Loop – Celebrity Magazine 30183
** SupaDlala Digital Trivia 30182
2. Participants may also subscribe via USSD by dialing the corresponding string below :
** Guessing Games *156*876#
** In the Loop – Celebrity Magazine *156*303#
** SupaDlala Digital Trivia *156*272#
3. The participants will be liable for the following costs for subscription to the services :
** Guessing Games R 3.00 (three rand) per day (automatic renewal)
** In the Loop – Celebrity Magazine R 3.00 (three rand) per day (automatic renewal)
** SupaDlala Digital Trivia R 4.00 (four rand) per day (automatic renewal)
Draw Mechanics
Free service :
Participants earn points as follows :
| Free Trivia | |
| Action | Points Earned |
| Registration to the free Service | 20 |
| Any answer (whether correct / wrong / invalid) | 50 |
| Upgrade to the Premium Service/ When skipping the Premium Service @ prompt | 20 |
| Daily points upon 1st MO of the day – except from Special Commands | 20 |
| Registration to the free Service | 20 |
** Subscribers will receive 1 (one) point, upon each subscription to the premium content services throughout the competition period. However each eligible MSISDN will enter the respective draw with just 1 (one) entry and/or participation.
** Subscribers do not need to be active on the day of the draw to enter the draw. They can be unsubscribed from the content service.
** The Draw will result in a list of winners and each will win the prize they are eligible for.
Lucky Draw Dates
The lucky draw for the monthly prizes shall take place at the end of each month during the campaign, the dates are as follows
** Draw 1 – 31/08/2025.
** Draw 2 – 28/09/2025.
** Draw 3 – 31/10/2025.
** Draw 4 – 30/11/2025.
** Draw 5 – 31/12/2025.
** Draw 6 – 31/01/2019.
** Draw 7 – 28/02/2019.
** Draw 8 – 31/03/2019.
** The lucky draw for the final prizes shall take place on 31/03/2019 at the end of the promotional period.
Unsubscribing / Opt Out:
Participants may opt out of the Competition by SMSing “STOP” to :
** Guessing Games 39634
** In the Loop – Celebrity Magazine 30183
** SupaDlala Digital Trivia 30182
** Free Trivia 30181
** On opting out, the service will be cancelled immediately.
** By sending “STOP” to 39634/30183/30182/30181 the participants will unsubscribe from all the respective services which he or she is subscribed to, stop being charged and will no longer receive content.
This is applicable only for the Competition Period and includes the following services :
** Free Trivia
** All 3 (three) premium content services: Guessing Game, In the Loop Celebrity Magazine and SupaDlala Digital Trivia
The Prize
Participants that fulfil the requirements stated in clause 4 and 5 above, stand a chance to win the following :
| Category | P4F | SupaDlala Digital Trivia | SupaDlala Digital Trivia | Celebrity Magazine | Guessing Game |
| Prize | Electronics 1 (one) of the following: – Samsung Galaxy A7 or, – Samsung Galaxy A8 or, – iPhone SE or, – iPhone 6S Plus or, – Samsung Galaxy Tab or, – iPad Mini 4 7.9″ or, – HP 15 I5 Notebook | Cash | Car VW Polo TSI 70kW Trendline, Manual | Cash | Car Mini Cooper S Hatch XR52 |
| Prize Value ZAR | R10,000 | R50,000 | R500,000 | R250,000 | R250,000 |
| Total Value ZAR | R240,000 | R400,000 | R500,000 | R250,000 | R250,000 |
| Promotion Period | 240 days | 240 days | 240 days | 240 days | 240 days |
| Winner Selection Method | Random Draw | Random Draw | Random Draw | Random Draw | Random Draw |
| Draw Period | Monthly | Monthly | Final | Final | Final |
Prizes shall be delivered to the winner at a time and place to be agreed upon between the Promoter/s and the winner.