SA internet outage: Jan Vermeulen details the Microsoft online services issue

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On Thursday, South Africa was hit with a large internet outage. This impacted thousands of people across the country. Editor of MyBroadband Jan Vermeulen explained that the outage also affected payment systems that rely on Microsoft Cloud. He spoke about four cables going down, adding that it was quite an unusual situation. Listen in for all the details.

14 Mar 2024 English South Africa Society & Culture · Personal Journals

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