Microsoft has announced delays in repairing four undersea cables that went offline on Thursday. The company has rerouted traffic to maintain its cloud services in South Africa after an outage near Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, affected several major cables. [South Africa has recently passed the Electricity Regulation Amendment Bill in the National Assembly.
Furthermore, it has allocated R597 million to cover fees for private attorneys and state legal services. [Social development minister Lindiwe Zulu says that her department is doubtful whether it will be possible or financially viable to attempt to recover the R142 million paid to deceased beneficiaries of social grants in the years 2021/22 and 2023/24. [South Africa’s rand extended its losses against a strong U.S.