Submarine cable incident record
WACS, SAT-3, Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) cable event — 2023-08-06
Four subsea cables (WACS, SAT-3, ACE, and an Angolan domestic festoon) snapped off the coast of the Congo on 6 August 2023 due to a rockfall, causing internet issues in South Africa.
Assumed resolved
- Affected cable or system
- WACS, SAT-3, Africa Coast to Europe (ACE)
- Affected countries
- Angola, South Africa
- Region
- West Africa
- Evidence mode
- Reported evidence
- Source extraction confidence
- 95%
- Resolution
- Assumed resolved after six months without newer evidence
Lifecycle
- Occurred:
- Resolution date:
Original supporting evidence
Confidence describes automated extraction of the cited source, not a probability that every named cable was physically cut. Historical records may be marked assumed resolved when no newer evidence was available. Confirm operational decisions with the cable owner or carrier.