By Admire Moyo, ITWebMarch 14, 2024Multiple subsea cable breaks are impacting web connectivity in South Africa.The cable outages are affecting a number of web service suppliers and cloud service suppliers throughout the nation, leaving some South Africans unconnected.In a press release on X, previously Twitter, Vodacom says: “Sure prospects are presently experiencing intermittent connectivity points as a consequence of a number of undersea cable failures affecting SA’s community suppliers, together with us. We apologise for any inconvenience brought about.”The outage has additionally affected providers akin to Microsoft Azure and Workplace 365.Says Microsoft on Azure standing: “Beginning at 10:30 UTC on 14 March 2024, prospects utilizing Azure Companies in South Africa North and South Africa West might expertise elevated community latency or packet drops when accessing their sources.”In a brand new replace, Microsoft says: “We’ve got decided that a number of fibre cables on the West Coast of Africa — WACS, MainOne, SAT3, ACE — have been impacted which decreased complete capability supporting our areas in South Africa.“Along with these cable impacts, the continuing cable cuts within the Pink Sea — EIG, Seacom, AAE-1 — are additionally impacting capability on the East Coast of Africa. This mixture of incidents has impacted all Africa capability – together with different cloud suppliers and public web as effectively.”The affected corporations didn’t disclose what brought about the cables to interrupt.The most recent outage comes after subsea cable operator Seacom not too long ago encountered a service-affecting outage on its cable system within the Pink Sea.On Friday final week, the corporate stated it’s ready for permits to begin repairing its damaged submarine cable within the Pink Sea.Learn extra…