Telecommunications infrastructure owned by several mobile network operators was severely damaged in the rampant looting and destruction of property that rocked South Africa last week.

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) revealed on Tuesday, July 13, that the vandalism included more than 100 mobile network towers in some parts of the country.

After the statement, rioters destroyed many more mobile sites, according to multiple reports. Virtually all network providers operating in South Africa reported disruption to service delivery.

MTN alone reported damage to over 100 of its base stations which the company’s technicians could not safely reach the sites to repair.

“Over 1,000 MTN employees can’t get to work, and millions of calls and queries from our customers cannot be attended to, as our primary call centre remains inaccessible,” MTN South Africa chief executive, Godfrey Motsa, said Friday.


According to Vodacom spokesperson, Byron Kennedy, there was a connectivity issue that affected customers in many parts of the country. Like MTN, the crisis prevented its staff from fixing a fault in its infrastructure.

“Unrest in these areas meant that it wasn’t safe for technicians to immediately visit affected sites physically to remedy faults,” Kennedy was quoted as saying by MyBroadband. An estimated five to ten of Vodacom’s base stations at malls were also damaged by fires.

Data-only operator Rain, which has a lease agreement for using Vodacom’s network towers, also said it has sites in the affected areas that had been vandalised and were down. The network provider operates in South Africa’s major metropolitan areas with 3,000 towers.

Only Cell C’s facilities had not experienced significant damage from the unrest as of Friday, according to its chief operations officer Andre Ittman.

Just one of its network towers was vandalised within the Durban area but it did not affect service delivery to consumers.

According to Ittman, there are six other sites available within a two-kilometre radius of the damaged site, which helped to absorb the coverage provided to ensure customers stayed connected.

The ongoing unrest in South Africa, said to be the worst since the end of the apartheid regime 27 years ago, was sparked by the imprisonment of former president Jacob Zuma.

Last month, the ex-leader was sentenced to 15 months jail time for defying an order to provide evidence at a judicial inquiry set up to probe high-level corruption during his nine-year tenure (from 2009 – 2018).

Protests swiftly degenerated into violent marches and looting. Hundreds of businesses have been destroyed and more than 200 people have died.

South African authorities believe the unrest was deliberately provoked by political opponents to force president Cyril Ramaphosa to pardon Zuma or even step down.

Source: https://techcabal.com/2021/07/19/hundreds-of-mtn-vodacom-towers-damaged-in-south-africa-unrest/

They will count losses taya


South Africows



Besides MTN Nigeria should be bought and Nigerianised

Nigerians will pay for it

Maybe them wan go bak to stone age....


Maybe na Boko Haram branch wey dey SA destroy am cos here na only Boko Haram derive Joy in destroying things lik diz..

No problem.
South Africans are brave unlike coward Nigerians.
South Africans are ready to destroy their country to achieve their aim but you will
see some coward Nigerians condemning looters and violent thugs.

Only terrorist do such things

Omo.

This madness get grade sha.

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If Soro Soke arm like this, Lagos for no remain o.

ivolt:
No problem.
South Africans are brave unlike coward Nigerians.
South Africans are ready to destroy their country to achieve their aim but you will
see some coward Nigerians condemning looters and violent thugs.

this post is stupidity itself
Brave for killing more than hundreds of themselves
For destroying billions of dollars of property

All for a corrupt man
That his son is trying to hail them while they die?
And living posh?
If that is bravery
I am a coward

These freeZuma protests showed the world the thinking of an average south Africow

theTranscriber:
They will count losses taya


South Africows



Besides MTN Nigeria should be bought and Nigerianised

They ain't gonna sell their shares to that extent.

theTranscriber:

South Africows

theTranslator, u bloody COWgerian, do u never tire of squatting and trolling in SA threads? Just when I thought we were mending fences u and I.

TMKsouth:


theTranslator, u bloody COWgerian, do u never tire of squatting and trolling in SA threads? Just when I thought we were mending fences u and I.

No hurt feelings

theTranscriber:

No hurt feelings

I'll leave u to your madness. Totsiens

TMKsouth:


I'll leave u to your madness. Totsiens

what's toteins?
Is that Afrikaans?

Respond to the other mentions na

theTranscriber:
what's toteins?
Is that Afrikaans?

Respond to the other mentions na

Ag nee, ek is baie moeg vanaand. Ek slaap nou. Sien jy more hoor.

Ja, totsiens is Afrikaans. More praat ons Sotho hoor?!

ivolt:
No problem.
South Africans are brave unlike coward Nigerians.
South Africans are ready to destroy their country to achieve their aim but you will
see some coward Nigerians condemning looters and violent thugs.

Are you on drugs


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyLRMyLklSY

TMKsouth:


Ag nee, ek is baie moeg vanaand. Ek slaap nou. Sien jy more hoor.

Ja, totsiens is Afrikaans. More praat ons Sotho hoor?!

Kini jati jati t'on kole fún mi?
Iru Ede buruku wo lẹ leyi?

Ode nibi gbogbo
Afrikaans pa e nbè yen náà

theTranscriber:
Kini jati jati t'on kole fún mi?
Iru Ede buruku wo lẹ leyi?

Ode nibi gbogbo
Afrikaans pa e nbè yen náà

Who's a goat head?

What’s so significant about a goat’s head? ”
What kind of bad language is this?

Hunting everywhere
Afrikaans killed him there too

TMKsouth:


Who's a goat head?

What’s so significant about a goat’s head? ”
What kind of bad language is this?

Hunting everywhere
Afrikaans killed him there too

where did you see goat head?
Abi oti mugbo yo

TMKsouth:


Ag nee, ek is baie moeg vanaand. Ek slaap nou. Sien jy more hoor.

Ja, totsiens is Afrikaans. More praat ons Sotho hoor?!

Oh no, I'm very tired tonight (for fights). I'm sleeping now. See you tomorrow ok.

Yes, totsiens (goodbye) is Afrikaans. Tomorrow we speak Sotho ok.

cc theTranscriber

theTranscriber:
where did you see goat head?
Abi oti mugbo yo

No, I'm not drunk.

TMKsouth:


Who's a goat head?

What’s so significant about a goat’s head? ”
What kind of bad language is this?

Hunting everywhere
Afrikaans killed him there too

where did you see goat head?
Abi oti mugbo yo
Lo sun

TMKsouth:


No, I'm not drunk.

Ọ ti yó
Lo sun ninu Igbo

theTranscriber:
where did you see goat head?
Abi oti mugbo yo
Lo sun

Nigerians working at Google should be fired.

TMKsouth:


Oh no, I'm very tired tonight (for fights). I'm sleeping now. See you tomorrow ok.

Yes, totsiens (goodbye) is Afrikaans. Tomorrow we speak Sotho ok.

cc theTranscriber

ọ da
Motigbo
Mo ma lọ ko ede lèsóthò

theTranscriber:
ọ da
Motigbo
Mo ma lọ ko ede lèsóthò

o ko sọ Sotho rara. Kini o tumọ ni irọrun

TMKsouth:


Nigerians working at Google should be fired.

no
Yoruba is a very very tonal language
I didn't put the tones
That's why
For instance the word "Ogun" means about 15 different things
The tone matters a lot

theTranscriber:
no
Yoruba is a very very tonal language
I didn't put the tones
That's why
For instance the word "Ogun" means about 15 different things
The tone matters a lot

o dara emi yoo kọ pẹlu akoko
Mo nsun fun gidi ni akoko yii
Mo nireti pe nko ni ala ti COWgerians

TMKsouth:


o ko sọ Sotho rara. Kini o tumọ ni irọrun

kosinkan man to Kanmani pẹlu ede Sotho
Irorun ni irọrun
Lo sun