Ten undersea cables connect South Africa to the rest of the world and the continent, managed and funded by prominent local companies and large multinationals.
While this has been effective, depending on their depth, undersea cables are vulnerable to seismic activity and damage from heavy objects like ship anchors. The Léon Thévenin, built in 1983 and named in honour of French engineer Léon Charles Thévenin, measures almost 108 metres in length and operates out of the Port of Cape Town.
The West Coast faults had a marked impact on connectivity to other continents in South Africa. However, the faults have since been repaired.
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