Submarine cable systems connecting South Africa and many other African countries to Europe develop 'technical fault'. Last week, reports emerged that two submarine cable systems connecting South Africa and many other African countries to Europe developed ‘faults’. While the WACS system lands in South Africa at Yzerfontein, Western Cape, the SAT3/WASC system enters South Africa at Melkbosstrand, Western Cape, according to South Africa's infrastructure provider, Openserve. Airtel Africa runs its network on the Middle East North Africa Submarine Cable (MENA Cable) and TE North Cable Systems while Globalcom has its own undersea cable system known as GLO-1 (Globacom-1). Operators of West African Cable System are yet to respond to BISSA's enguiry at the time of filing this report.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 20, 2020 15:33 UTC