Rainy weather has disrupted Telkom`s telecoms services, with most parts of the country badly affected.
"Not only have our services in various part of the country been severely affected, our response time in restoring these services is also being hampered by the extremely adverse weather conditions," says Telkom spokesperson Lulu Letlape.
In certain areas roads are washed away, rivers are in flood and falling trees have broken cables, she says. Telkom technicians have been unable to climb towers to restore services because of strong winds, she says.
Letlape says even after the extreme weather conditions have subsided, accessibility to affected areas and disruption of power supplies could also impede repair work.
"Local authorities have prevented Telkom staff from entering certain areas owing to hazardous conditions, and the restoration of certain services will also depend on the availability of electricity."
She says 47% of all weather-related voice faults linked to the core network are in KwaZulu-Natal, with 80% of these faults being linked to network failures.
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