Port will not go through.

I went to the MTN store in Menlyn to port my number to the MTN network. I was informed this would take a maximum of 24 hours. It has now been 73 hours and nothing has happened? <br> <br> I phoned the store again and was told they don't know whats going on, have no way of checking and can't help me since everyone is on strike so I should stay on my current network.<br> <br> If I wanted to stay with my current network I would not have bothered to pay petrol, parking and waste my time to complete the port.<br> <br> Please can someone at MTN inform me whether I am wasting my time trying to join their network?