Pietermaritzburg 1259435

Metrofibre is currently experiencing the following issue:

Start Date & Time: 17/03/2026 08:03

Affected Area/s: Pietermaritzburg 

Impact: Customers may experience no connectivity.

Areas affected:

• Prestbury Free Standing Houses, Neville Road, Prestbury, Pietermaritzburg
• Signal Hill Free Standing Houses
• Clarendon Free Standing Houses, Clarendon, Pietermaritzburg
• Boughton Free Standing Houses
• Riverlea, Roberts Road, Clarendon, Pietermaritzburg
• Jade Park, 16 Celtis Road, Boughton
• Hyde Park Complex - Clarendon - FTTH,  Roberts Road, Clarendon, Pietermaritzburg
• Boughton Heights, Mbudu Road, Boughton, Pietermaritzburg

Metrofibre technicians are currently investigating. There is no ETR at the moment.

Metrofibre confirmed that this outage was resolved on the18/03/2026 at 06:08. Please restart your devices and contact our support team should you still experience connection issues.

Update (17/03/2026 @ 21:09): 

Metrofibre is working hard to restore services, and we will keep you updated on our progress.

Update (17/03/2026 @ 09:21):

Metrofibre technicians estimate that it will take approximately 11 hours to repair the services due to the extent of damage caused by vandalism. 

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