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Cell C reported a net loss after tax of more than R8-billion in the 12-month period ended 31 May 2019 as the mobile operator battles its own internal cost problems and a weak economy.

Just 10 days after suffering major downtime, Cool Ideas is again blaming a distributed denial-of-service attack for customers’ slow or non-existent connections, this time affecting international services.

Shares in Blue Label Telecoms enjoyed a rare upswing on Friday, a day after it issued a trading update that showed its core business continues to perform well despite the ongoing woes at Cell C.

From inception, no one has made an equity return from investing in Cell C. It’s doubtful whether Jonathan Beare and his Buffet Consortium will be any different.