Johannesburg - Telecommunications network Telkom [JSE:TKG] has blamed a network failure in Limpopo, which has affected thousands of customers, on “acts of sabotage” in Polokwane.
“Over 50 000 customers who include business, government and residential clients were left without voice and data connectivity when saboteurs cut Telkom’s fibre cables in the Roedtan, Nylstroom and Potgieterus areas,” said Telkom in a statement on Tuesday.
Telkom said its technicians “are working around the clock to fix the problem” and that it expects services to be back online on Tuesday evening.
The outage comes as Telkom has blamed its latest network outages on alleged sabotage of its network amid a Communication Workers Union (CWU) strike.
The CWU, meanwhile, has repeatedly denied these allegations of sabotage.
Nevertheless, Telkom has pushed ahead with the claims.
“In recent weeks, the company has experienced an increase in acts of sabotage since the beginning of the CWU strike over four weeks ago,” Telkom said on Tuesday.
“Telkom recently increased its reward to R1m for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of these perpetrators,” the company added.
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