All submarine cable capacity between East Africa and South Africa is down.
Internet connectivity in South Africa has been hit by submarine cable faults off the East coast of Africa.on Twitter that all subsea capacity between East Africa and South Africa was offline.
EASSy is a 10,000km undersea fibre optic cable system connecting countries in Eastern Africa to the rest of the world. Roberts also reported that a triple cable cut in the Red Sea impacting Seacom, EIG, and AAE1 remains unrepaired. The cables were likely damaged by a ship’s anchor after it was attacked by Houthi rebels., South African Internet users have been reporting issues with various online services since around 17:00.
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