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Transnet cyberattack: Main ports at 100%, but warehousing and cold storage still impacted
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SA s ports are mostly back to normal, according to government, after last week s cyberattack on state-owned Transnet s IT system led to chaos and disruptions at the country s key container terminal. The return to operations is good news for the economy, as the Transnet ports and rail system are the backbone of the economy, the public enterprises ministry said in a statement on Wednesday evening.
Transnet had declared force majeure following the attack on 22 July, which essentially means that an unanticipated or uncontrollable event released it from fulfilling contractual obligations. The ministry said in its statement that while operations had mostly been restored, the force majeure is currently in place and under review with the intention to lift it in the coming days .