The effect of load-shedding, which reduces access to the internet due to outages for telecommunications providers, is worse in rural and outlying areas which have low levels of network coverage, the Wireless Access Provider’s Association (Wapa) says.
Increased load-shedding has resulted in the growing use of backup power such as generators and batteries, which have become targets of rampant theft and vandalism. This has driven up costs and threatens network availability...
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