Vumatel is currently experiencing the following issue:
Start Date & Time: 20/04/2026 @ 14:52
Affected Area/s: Dobsonville, Soweto, Johannesburg
Impact: Customers may experience no connectivity.
Vumatel technicians are currently investigating. There is no ETR at the moment.
Update (21/04/2026 18:51):
Vumatel confirmed that this outage was resolved on 21/04/2026 14:47. Please restart your devices and contact our Support Team should you still experience connection issues.
Update (21/04/2026 @ 09:53):
Vumatel Technicians are attending to the services that remain down
Update (21/04/2026 @ 07:51):
Vumatel Technicians have arrived onsite to resume working on the remaining fallout cases .
Update (20/04/2026 @ 18:31):
Vumatel has advised that Repairs on hold due to safety reasons
Update (20/04/2026 @ 16:42):
Vumatel has advised that remaining down services are being attended to
Update (20/04/2026 @ 15:18):
Vumatel has advised that Splicing in progress splicing tube 2
Update (20/04/2026 @ 14:42):
Vumatel has advised that Splicing has started splicing tube 1
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