Infrastructure provider Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) will deploy more than 120km of fibre-optic infrastructure throughout the Nkangala district, as part of its R3.5 billion national fibre network.
The Nkangala district, which is Mpumalanga's economic hub, will benefit from an investment of nearly R100 million as DFA will roll out 64km of optic fibre infrastructure in eMalahleni (Witbank), to the value of R52 million, and 58.8km to the value of R42 million, in Middelburg.
DFA's rollout in Mpumalanga follows its May announcement that it would invest R72 million to roll out 100km in the Eastern Cape, with Mthata and East London being two of the main cities the infrastructure will service.
The deployment in the Eastern Cape follows several others DFA has embarked on during the year - including its R15 million investments in George and other parts of the Western Cape, in February, and its R75 million investment in Johannesburg's East Rand city of Benoni.
Thousands of kilometres
DFA's national footprint links the company's fibre with three of Africa's primary subsea cables, namely Seacom and Eassy, in Mthunzini (KwaZulu-Natal); the West African Cable System, at Yzerfontein; and the SAT3 cable, at Melkbosstrand, in the Western Cape.
CEO Gustav Smit says DFA will launch the Nkangala district into the digital age. “The socio-economic benefits of fibre-optic networks are vast; affordable broadband contributes to increased economic activity.
“South Africans simply don't know what 20Mbps or 100Mbps to the home means. An opportunity needs to be created for users to test-drive serious broadband and ISPs need to play a leading role in mobilising communities,” he notes.
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