MTN=ESKOM No power= No service

Every time there is loadshedding, MTN is off. In my town of Pringle Bay, fedd-up residents are advised on all the various social media groups that it is due to ****** batteries. However, on a recent trip it was discovered that the exact same thing happened in every little town in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape. So MTN, the better connection???? Everywhere you go???? Pull up your socks and sort out your pathetic service and excuses.