Network blackouts loom as load shedding depletes mobile tower batteries.

SA's two biggest mobile companies – which have some 70 million customers between them – have warned of the toll Stage 6 load shedding is taking on their networks, as they battle battery theft and rocketing fuel costs to tackle the impact of ongoing breakdowns pummelling Eskom infrastructure. Data centres, meanwhile, are pulling out all the stops to ensure critical customer information is not lost. <a href="https://kaya959.co.za">Kaya 959</a>