1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 This Agreement sets out the terms and conditions, including the services to be provided and the terms and conditions applicable to those services, between the Service Provider and the Customer.
2. DEFINITIONS
2.1 “Agreement ” , t he Subscriber Application Form, together with any annexures annexed
thereto.
2.2 “Customer ” means the party to this agreement and to any subsequent Service Order which may be signed
by the Customer and/or the Customer’s duly authorised representative.
2.3 “Charges ” The connection charges, monthly service charges, usage charges and any other charges
pertaining to the provision of the Services and any other service(s) provided to the Subscriber in terms of
the Agreement.
2.4 “CipherWave Service Centre ” means any Service Centre of CipherWave in South Africa. There is currently
a Centre at Building 7, Waterfall Corporate Campus, 74 Waterfall Drive, Waterfall City, Midrand, 1685.
2.5 “Commissioning of the Services ” The completion of installation and tests by network installation technicians
confirming that the service is operational.
2.6 “Completion Certificate”  means the Certificate sent through by the Service Provider to the Customer
confirming that the Service Provider is now in a position to provide the services as set out in this agreement
and/or the Service Order/s. A specimen of the Completion Certificate is annexed hereto as Annexure “B”.
2.7 “CPA ” means the Consumer Protection Act No. 68 of 2008
2.8 “Days ” means Monday to Friday, unless the particular context indicates otherwise.
2.9 “Delegated Service Provider ” Any Reseller who has been appointed by the Service Provider and who
performs credit vetting, approves credit, concludes agreements, and directly bills the Subscriber or the end
user for the Services.
2.10 “Initial Period ” means the period as indicated and as set out in the Service Order/s, signed from time to
time by the Customer. That period shall be your Initial Period.
2.11 “In writing ” includes signing a Service Order, Product and Services Schedule Order, sending a letter by
registered post, sending an e-mail to the applicable/correct e-mail address, and, in the case of an e-mail being
sent by the Customer to the Service Provider, in writing shall only be achieved when the Service Provider
and/or the target addressee has acknowledged receipt of the e-mail, and, any other form of tangible or printable
communication which the Service Provider deems suitable and which is totally in the sole discretion of the
Service Provider.
2.12 “Mobile Access Numbers ” The mobile access number(s), IP address(es), unique user name(s) or
subscription number(s) used to identify Subscribers having access to the Services.
2.13 “Network Operator ” which has granted the Service Provider authorisation to make the Services available to
the Subscriber.
2.14 “Normal Business Hours ” means the hours between 08h00 and 17h00 Monday to Friday, excluding public
holidays in the Republic of South Africa.
2.15 “Parties ” refers to CipherWave and the Customer and “Party ” refers to either one of them as so determined
by context.
2.16 “Remote support ” includes telephonic support, e-mail support, remote access to all links and all other
support, except on-site support.
2.17 “Renewal Period”  means the renewal of the Initial Period of which Initial Period is set out in the Service Order
in the event of no termination and/or notification being given as contemplated in paragraph 3.1.1.
2.18 “Reseller”  means a third party appointed by the Service Provider for the providing of services to any third
party.
2.19 “Service Order/Order ” means an order placed by a Subscriber and/or Customer with the Service Provider
for the provision of Services as set out in that Service Order. It is specifically agreed by the Customer and/or
the Subscriber that the signature to the Service Order shall constitute a binding agreement on it/them to be
bound to the terms and conditions of this agreement. A copy of the Service Order is annexed hereto as
Annexure “A”.
2.20 “Service Provider ” CipherWave Storage Solutions Africa (Pty) Ltd.
2.21 “Services”  means the managed hosting services and networking solutions that will be provided by the Service
Provider to the Customer and/or Subscriber.
2.22 “Subscriber ” means any party to whom the Services are made available in terms of this Agreement, including
a Delegated Service Provider who on-sells the Services and bills an end user directly.
2.23 “Terminal Equipment ” any equipment provisioned and supplied by the Service Provider.
2.24 “Time to Respond ” means the time that would lapse between the Customer logging the service ticket and
the Remote/On-Site Response.
2.25 “Uptime Service ” means the time that the Customer’s hosted servers are live and operational, and the links
provided under the Subscriber Agreement between CipherWave and the Customer are active and able to
pass traffic.
2.26 “VAT ” Value Added Tax as provided in the Value Added Tax Act 89 of 1991.

3. COMMENCEMENT AND TERMINATION
3.1 The Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date, and, shall continue for the Initial Period as set out on
the Service Order/s, which will, from time to time (depending on how many are signed) form part of this
agreement. This agreement shall terminate after the Initial Period provided that the Customer has complied
with the belowmentioned, failing which, the agreement shall continue through the Renewal Period(s), or, the
Extended Renewal Period, for the time periods as set out in the Service Order. The Subscriber may terminate
this agreement by:
3.1.1 The Subscriber, on the expiry of the Initial Period, or, the expiry of the Renewal Period, as the case
may be, by giving to the Service Provider a written notice of termination not less than one calendar
month and not more than 90 days before the expiration of the Initial Period or the Renewal Period, as
the case may be; and/or
3.1.2 The Service Provider may terminate this agreement, on written notice to the Subscriber in the event
that the authorisation issued by the Network Operator in terms of which the Service Provider is
authorised and empowered to give the Subscriber access to the Services is terminated for whatever
reason.
3.1.3 Notwithstanding the contents of paragraph 3.1.2, it is hereby agreed between the Service Provider
and the Customer that the Service Provider may, without notice and with immediate effect, terminate
any and all services as provided in this agreement.
3.1.4 It is agreed that in the event of the Customer not providing notice as set out in paragraph 3.1.1, in such
event, the Initial Period shall recommence which shall be known as the Renewal Period, and, the
Renewal Period shall be for the period as set out in the Initial Period. For clarity, if the Customer does
not provide notice for the termination of the Initial Period, then the time period as set out in the Service
Order (Initial Period) will then be known as the Renewal Period, which will be the time period for the
Renewal Period. For clarity, if there is no notification of termination, the length of the Renewal Period
will be exactly the same as the Initial Period and the Initial Period is found on the Service Order.
3.1.5 The termination of the Renewal Period will be identical to that as set out in paragraph 3.1.1 and in the
event of termination not being given as set out in paragraph 3.1.1 for the Renewal Period, then the
agreement shall be regarded as a month to month agreement, requirements 90 days’ notice for
termination.
3.2 It is agreed that the Service Order/s by the Subscriber and / or Customer is an offer made by the
Subscriber and/or Customer to the Service Provider, and, it is within the sole discretion of the Service
Provider whether to accept such Service Order or not. The Service Provider’s acceptance of the Service
Order in no way places any obligation on the Service Provider to render the services as set out in the Service
Order until such time as the Completion Certificate has either been signed by the Subscriber, alternatively , the
lapsing of the 5 (five) days of sending of the Completion Certificate to the Subscriber. It is specifically recorded
that once the Service Order has been delivered to the Service Provider, that it cannot be withdrawn pending
the issuing of the Completion Certificate. It is further recorded that the Subscriber hereby expressly dispenses
with notification of acceptance of the Service Order by the Service Provider. There is no obligation on the
Service Provider to accept the Service Order. It is further recorded that after acceptance of a Service Order
by the Service Provider, the delivery of services and a subsequent Completion Certificate is solely within the
discretion of the Service Provider.
The contents of paragraph 3.2 shall not apply to a Customer and/or Subscriber in the event of the Service
Provider already providing the services so requested by the Customer and/or Subscriber in their Service
Order/s. It is however agreed that the final decision in whether the Service Provider is already providing that
service is solely within the discretion of the Service Provider.
3.3 At the time the Subscriber signs the Application form or Order for the provision of Services, the Subscriber
agrees that they are entering into a legally binding Agreement.

4. SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF TERMINAL EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES
4.1 The Service Provider shall utilise its best endeavours to promptly comply with any supply and/or delivery and/or
installation requirements recorded in the Service Order, however, shall not be liable to the Customer and/or
Subscriber in the event that such supply and/or delivery and/or installation is delayed or cancelled, for
whatever reason.
4.2 The Service Provider in its sole discretion may refer the Customer and/or Subscriber to a third party who may,
through an agreement with the Customer and/or Subscriber, undertake the installation of the terminal
equipment on its (the Customer’s and/or Subscriber’s) own behalf and not as an agent of the Service Provider.
4.3 Notwithstanding the contents of paragraphs 4.1 and 4.2, it is specifically agreed between the parties that the
Service Provider, may, within its sole discretion due to circumstances that may arise beyond the control of the
Service Provider, even post acceptance of the Service Order, terminate any services so provided in terms of
that Service Order. It is further agreed that, notwithstanding such termination, that the Customer and/or
Subscriber hereby fully indemnifies the Service Provider against any losses which the Customer and/or
Subscriber and/or its Employees and/or its Agents may suffer as a result of the cancellation and/or noncompliance
of the Service Order and it is further agreed that the Service Provider shall not be liable in any way
howsoever to the Customer and/or Subscriber for any loss and/or damage, whether direct, indirect or
consequential that may be suffered by the Customer and/or Subscriber in the event of the cancellation of the
Service Order. This indemnification shall also apply in the event of the Service Provider being required to
install any equipment at the premises of the Customer and/or Subscriber in order for the Service Provider to provide the services.
The Subscriber shall be solely responsible for the obtaining of all necessary approvals, certificates,
qualifications and/or any authorities imposed by any competent authority and/or as required by law which
may be required for the purpose of any supply and/or delivery and/or installation as contemplated in this
agreement. The Subscriber hereby indemnifies and holds the Service Provider, its agents, employees and
directors against any claim or liability that may be suffered by the Subscriber and/or its employees and/or
agents, howsoever arising, specifically but not limited to any such approval and/or authority and/or requirement
not been obtained as set out in this paragraph.
4.5 The Subscriber acknowledges that the Service Provider may, from time to time, have to change and/or alter
the Terminal Equipment in order to ensure that the Service Provider can provide its Services and
to ensure that it remains updated with technological evolution and/or progress, and, the Subscriber
irrevocably agrees and undertakes that it will grant the Service Provider access to its premises
in order to discharged its obligations in terms of this Agreement. The Subscriber hereby agrees
to accept 24 hours’ notice in respect of the requirement or the access needed by the Service
Provider.
4.6 The Subscriber hereby guarantees and undertakes in favour of the Service Provider that the Subscriber:
4.6.1 Shall not use or allow the Services to be used for any improper, immoral or unlawful purpose, or in
any way which may cause injury or damage to persons, property and/or an impairment or interruption
of the Services.
4.6.2 Shall use only the terminal equipment provided by Service Provider and comply with relevant
legislation and regulations imposed by any competent authority and all directives issued by Service
Provider relating to the use of terminal equipment and the provision of Services.
4.6.3 Recognises that no right, title or interest in the software contained in the terminal equipment issued
to the Subscriber vests in the Subscriber.
4.7 Shall not itself or permit any third party to reverse engineer, decompile, modify or tamper with the software
and/or hardware contained in or pertaining to any terminal equipment.

5. SERVICE LEVELS PROVIDED BY SERVICE PROVIDER
5.1 The Service Provider shall provide a Managed Hosting Service and a Networking Service on the Products
and Services detailed in Schedule “A” annexed hereto, and, shall provide services as per the agreed and
accepted Service Orders which will form part of this agreement from time to time.
5.2 Description of Bronze Level  – This is the default level applicable to CipherWave services and is
provided at no additional cost to Customer. This service level provides for a next business day response
on site during Normal Business Hours, subject to the distance between Customer’s site and the nearest
CipherWave Service Centre. A service ticket for assistance will be qualified within 4 (four) hours of receipt thereof
by the Service Centre. Remote support will be provided, where available, within a 4 (four) hour response time
after the service ticket has been qualified. After-hours is regarded as being between 17:00 and 08:00.
CipherWave will provide the labour, parts and equipment required and travel to the Customer’s site to undertake
the necessary maintenance of equipment covered under the Schedule. Equipment that is owned by Customer
and does not fall within warranty will be invoiced out to the Customer at a nominal rate. CipherWave reserves the
right to invoice the Customer at market related pricing for any consumables required and used out of necessity.
5.3  Description of Silver Level – This service level provides for a same day response on site during Normal
Business Hours and a next business day response if call is logged after-hours, subject to the distance between
Customer’s site and the nearest CipherWave Service Centre. A service ticket for assistance will be qualified
within 2 (two) hours of receipt thereof by the Service Centre. Remote support will be provided, where available,
within a 2 (two) hour response time after the service ticket has been qualified. After-hours is regarded as being
between 20:00 and 06:00. CipherWave will provide the labour, parts and equipment required and travel to the
Customer’s site to undertake the necessary maintenance of equipment covered under this Schedule. Equipment
that is owned by Customer and does not fall within warranty will be invoiced out to the customer at a nominal rate.
CipherWave reserves the right to invoice the Customer at market related pricing for any consumables required
and used out of necessity.
5.4  Description of Gold Level – This service level provides for a 2 (two) hour response on site during Normal
Business Hours or a 4 (four) hour response outside of Normal Business Hours, subject to the distance between
Customer’s site and the nearest CipherWave Service Centre. A service ticket for assistance will be qualified
within 1 (one) hour of receipt thereof by the Service Centre. Remote support will be provided, where available,
within a 1 (one) hour response time after the service ticket has been qualified. No after-hours periods applies
to this service level. CipherWave will provide the labour, parts and equipment required and travel to the
Customer’s site to undertake the necessary maintenance of equipment covered under this Schedule. Replaced
equipment that is owned by Customer and does not fall within warranty will be invoiced out to the customer at a
nominal rate. CipherWave reserves the right to invoice the Customer at market related pricing for any
consumables required and used out of necessity.
5.5 Notwithstanding CipherWave’s undertaking regarding response times in the Service Levels stated above, where
necessary, should the work ( including travelling time) extend outside of the specified hours per service level
above, the Customer will be offered the option of paying an overtime surcharge to allow work to continue to
completion and provide a purchase order number to CipherWave, or to postpone the repair until
recommencement of the specified hours per service level above.
5.6 Service Level Priorities
5.6.1 Priority 1:  Customer is unable to do their business as a result of complete or partial system failure.
5.6.2 Priority 2:  The problem has high visibility and impacts on the way Customer does business. The service
is disrupted but not halted. The system performance may be degraded and some functions may not
operate correctly.
5.6.3 Priority 3 : A single user or small percentages of users are affected.
5.6.4 Priority 4:  Changes or updates are required to the current system
5.6.5 Remote and Onsite Support:  Prior to any onsite support an engineer will attempt to determine and
resolve the problem via remote access where practical and Customer shall provide the remote access via
the LAN/WAN to the onsite systems.
5.7 Service Level Reaction Times

Priority Onsite Remote CipherWave DC
Priority 1 2 1 1
Priority 2 4 2 2
Priority 3 8 4 4
Priority 4 16 12 12

The above time is expressed in working hours.
5.8 CipherWave will not provide support at no cost for every problem/request that Customer may encounter or
create while using its services. CipherWave is committed to help Customers resolve any troubles or issues requiring
CipherWave’s help or expertise.
CipherWave will not bill for support without prior notification and approval in writing thereof by Customer. It is
agreed that costings may vary according to each Customer’s individual plan of which costings and/or
amendments thereto are set out on the price list which is published from time to time on the Service Provider’s
website.

6. SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED BY CIPHERWAVE
6.1 CipherWave Network Availability and Uptime
6.1.1 CipherWave undertakes that its Network and Connectivity shall be made available with a minimum
uptime of 99.9% measured monthly. This undertaking covers the availability of all network connectivity
beyond the first point of entry from the Customer into the CipherWave Data Centre.
6.1.2 CipherWave Broadband Services are provided on a best effort basis whilst Layer 2 and Layer 3 Connectivity
services are provided with an availability SLA of 99.5% calculated over a month average.
6.1.3 CipherWave does not inherently provide any uptime undertakings associated with any last mile
connectivity between the Customer and the CipherWave Data Centre other than that mentioned in 6.1.2.
Services such as ADSL, IPConnect, Diginet, etc. are excluded from any uptime undertakings unless
specifically stated within the schedule attached. Special condition SLAs can be considered for last mile
connectivity mediums other than those mentioned in 6.1.2 at an additional monthly cost to the Customer.
Any special condition SLAs must be stated in the attached schedule of services.
6.1.4 The Customer is obliged to raise the service ticket and the time calculation will be determined from the
time the call was logged, until the service is restored. Credits will only be paid subject to the correct
procedure for the raising of a service ticket.
6.1.5 Access to customer’s premises and installation of the Client Premise Equipment (CPE ) device:
Where installation of the CPE is required to be undertaken, the Customer shall, whenever required by
Service Provider, ensure that Service Provider’s personnel or contracted installer, be permitted access to
the Customer’s premises and to remain at such premises –
6.1.5.1 to carry out any inspection, repair, testing or maintenance of the CPE and other equipment
relevant to the provision of the Service; and/or
6.1.5.2 to verify that the manner in which the Service is being utilised by the Customer is in compliance
with the General Terms and Conditions, this Service Schedule and applicable South African
laws, rules and/or regulations; and/or
6.1.5.3 to install, collect or remove the CPE; and/or
6.1.5.4 for any other reasonable purpose whatsoever.
6.1.6 To enable the installation of the CPE and any other equipment necessary for the provision of the Service,
the Customer shall –
6.1.6.1 Provide a suitable environment for the housing of the CPE and any other ancillary equipment
together with all required trunking, electricity and connection points, conduits, cable trays and
power supply in accordance with the relevant installation standards and manufacturers’
instructions; and
6.1.6.2 Take up or remove such fitted or fixed floor coverings, ceiling tiles, suspended ceiling and
partition covers as may be necessary to install the CPE and/or ancillary equipment and carry
out the making good of decorator’s work required subsequent to such installation.
6.1.7 The Customer shall be present at any installation of the CPE by Service Provider personnel or contracted
installer and shall sign the installation completion certificate on completion thereof.
6.2 Dedicated Internet Services Availability and Uptime
6.2.1 The Availability Service Level for Dedicated Internet Service is 99.9%. Dedicated Internet Service is
considered unavailable if the Primary Port (the main physical port on a network device to which we deliver
network services e.g. internet, layer-2, MPLS, etc.) is unable to send or receive traffic. Primary refers to
the port configured to be used for the network service delivery in normal optimal operational conditions i.e.
not a redundant port or disaster recovery link.
6.2.2 In the event that Dedicated Internet Service becomes unavailable for reasons other than an Scheduled
Outage, Customer will be entitled to a Service Credit off of the sum of (i) the monthly port charge for the
affected port (if applicable), and (ii) the actual usage charges, if any, (calculated on a Megabit basis at the
contracted-for price per Megabit) associated with the affected port for the particular month. Service Credits,
in each case, are based on the cumulative unavailability of the affected port in a given calendar month as
set forth in 6.9 Service Credits.
Delay (Latency). CipherWave commits to average (in a calendar month) latency between the Internet
access routers of no more than the latency figures in the table below. If delay exceeds these objectives,
except as the result of an Scheduled Outage, Customer will be entitled to a Service Credit off of the
monthly port charge for the affected port as set forth below:

Route Dedicated Internet Service
Local Internet Access ≤ 80 ms
International Internet Access (UK) ≤350 ms

 

Delay Exceeding Objective Service Level Credit
0.1% – 10% 10%
10.1% – 20% 30%
20.1% or greater 50%

6.2.4 Packet Delivery  refers to network data packets being successfully sent from a sender IP address to
a receiver IP address and acknowledged as successful. The packet delivery objective is 99.9%.
Packet delivery is measured as the average number of IP packets transiting the CipherWave network
that are delivered to the intended destination on the CipherWave network. Measurements are over a
calendar month, and performance statistics for this SLA will be measured from CipherWave’s
monitoring systems and compiled into a monthly report. If packet delivery exceeds these objectives
except as the result of an Excused/Scheduled Outage, Customer will be entitled to a Service Credit
off of the sum of (i) the monthly port charge for the affected port (if applicable), and (ii) the actual usage
charges, if any, (calculated on a Megabit basis at the contracted-for price per Megabit) associated with
the affected port for the particular month as set forth in 6.9 Service Credits.
6.2.5 Any unavailable service precluding access to other services except as the result of an
Excused/Scheduled Outage, Customer will be entitled to a Service Credit off of the monthly service
charge for the affected service/s as stipulated in the table in 6.9 Service Credits.
6.3 Broadband Internet Services Availability and Uptime
6.3.1 The Availability Service Level for Broadband Internet Services delivered over Fibre and/or Wireless is
99.5%. Broadband Internet Service is considered unavailable if the Customer is unable to send or receive
traffic from the on-premise CipherWave Managed Router and normal environmental conditions (i.e. power
available, etc.).
6.3.2 All You Can Eat (usage based billing) Broadband Internet Services are an uncontended internet service
and CipherWave undertakes average bandwidth speed within 10% of the subscribed Committed
Information Rate (CIR) of the Broadband Internet Service.
6.3.3 Uncapped Broadband Internet Services are a best effort contended service and CipherWave undertakes
average bandwidth speed within 30% of the subscribed Committed Information Rate (CIR) of the
Broadband Internet Service.
6.3.4 Fibre based Broadband Internet Services are uncontended between the Customer site and the
CipherWave Data Centre, unless explicitly stated and CipherWave undertakes the average bandwidth
speed between the Customer site and the CipherWave Data Centre within 10% of the subscribed
Committed Information Rate (CIR) of the Fibre link.
6.3.5 In the event that Broadband Internet Services becomes unavailable for reasons other than an
Excused/Scheduled Outage, Customer will be entitled to a Service Credit off of the sum of (i) the line
rental (fibre/wireless), and (ii) the router rental. Service credits will not apply to any bandwidth usage for
All You Can Eat services. Service Credits, in each case, are based on the cumulative unavailability of the
affected service in a given calendar month as set forth in 6.9 Service Credits.
6.4 Infrastructure Availability and Uptime
6.4.1 CipherWave undertakes that its infrastructure shall be made available with a minimum uptime of 99.9%
measured monthly. This undertaking covers the availability of all power requirements, components,
HVAC, fire suppression, security systems, UPS/PDU, appliances, power cabling, and other infrastructure
or equipment, now or in the future, deemed as a requirement for maintaining the network infrastructure
and providing CipherWave’s services to Customer. If minimum uptime does not meet these objectives
except as the result of an Scheduled Outage, Customer will be entitled to a Service Credit off of the
monthly service charge for data centre co-location services affected by the outage as stipulated in the
table in 6.9 Service Credits. However, it is specifically agreed that these Service Credits, and the
granting of them, is solely within the discretion of the Service Provider.
6.4.2 CipherWave will monitor the environmental attributes of the datacentre to ensure that temperature
parameters undertakes 99.9% availability of 26o C + /-  4o C and a relative humidity of 30% + /-  10%, where
relative humidity is defined as the ratio of water vapour density (mass per unit volume) to saturation
water vapour density, expressed in a percentage. If environmental attributes does not meet these
objectives except as the result of an Scheduled Outage, Customer will be entitled to a Service Credit
off of the monthly service charge as stipulated in the table in 6.9 Service Credits. However, it is
specifically agreed that these Service Credits, and the granting of them, is solely within the discretion
of the Service Provider.
6.4.3 Both temperature and humidity are daily averages measured in the return air path by the installed
building management system.
6.4.4 Condition:  Equipment to be installed according to supplier’s recommendations, but with no less than
1U clearance between rack mounted units.
6.4.5 Any unavailable service precluding access to other services except as the result of an Scheduled
Outage, Customer will be entitled to a Service Credit off of the monthly service charge for the affected
service/s as stipulated in the table in 6.9 Service Credits.
6.5 Co-Location Availability and Uptime
6.5.1 The Customer will supply their own Server which shall be placed at the Service Provider hosting facility
and the Customer shall be responsible for configuring the Server to meet their own specific
requirements.
6.5.2 The Customer remains solely responsible for all aspects of the Server. Service Provider will be and
undertakes to attend to the responsibilities as set out in paragraph 4, however, it is specifically agreed
that the Customer leaves its server at the Service Provider’s hosting facility at their absolute sole risk.
In the event of there being any damage to the Server for any reason whatsoever, which shall include
any non-compliance with paragraph 4, alternatively, theft and/or fire or for any reason whatsoever, the
Customer fully indemnifies and hold the Service Provider harmless for any losses and/or any form of
damage howsoever arising in respect to hosting the Server. In this regard the Customer is referred to
paragraph 12 of this agreement which pertains to the limitation of liability and the paragraphs
contained therein are repeated herein.
6.5.3 The Customer remains solely responsible for the bandwidth and traffic management of the Server.
The traffic management and reporting tools provided by Service Provider are provided to assist in this
process, but do not absolve the Customer of responsibility nor place any such responsibility on Service
Provider.
6.5.4 Should the Subscriber’s Server become the target or source of any form of Distributed Denial of
Service (D-DOS) attack, Service Provider reserves the right to disconnect the Server from the network
should it deem that no other solution is possible at that stage.
6.6 Managed Server Availability and Uptime
6.6.1 Should the Subscriber Service Contract state that CipherWave is responsible for the management of the
server operating system (OS), CipherWave undertakes the server OS shall be made available with a
minimum uptime of 99.9% measured monthly. This undertaking covers the availability of the core OS,
OS roles installed by CipherWave that are deemed a requirement to provide CipherWave services and
OS updates performed by CipherWave.
6.6.2 This undertaking excludes OS changes and configurations made by Customer or a third party. Any such
“downtime” that the Customer requires CipherWave to resolve shall be done so according to the time-frames
and costs as stipulated in Section 5.6 – 5.9 of this agreement.
6.7 Managed Application Availability and Uptime
6.7.1 If CipherWave is responsible for the management of certain applications (e.g. Microsoft SQL Server,
Microsoft Exchange, etc.) and server roles (e.g. Hyper-V, Active Directory, etc.) per this Agreement and
specified in Schedule A. CipherWave undertakes that these shall be made available with a minimum
uptime of 99.9% measured monthly. If the managed application uptime does not meet these objectives
except as the result of an Excused/Scheduled Outage, Customer will be entitled to a Service Credit off of
the monthly service charge for affected services as stipulated in the table in 6.9 Service Credits.
6.7.2 The exclusion of such application uptime undertaking must be explicitly stated within the attached
schedule. This undertaking excludes OS and or application changes made by Customer or a third party
that affects the performance of the application. Any “downtime” caused by Customer or third party
changes is not covered by this MSA and does not count towards the total “downtime” for the measurement
period. Any such “downtime” that the Customer requires CipherWave to resolve shall be done so
according to the time-frames and costs as stipulated in Section 5.6 – 5.9 of this agreement.
6.8 CipherCloud Hosted Services Availability and Uptime
6.8.1 CipherWave undertakes that its CipherCloud Services viz. Hosted Exchange, Hosted SharePoint,
Hosted Dynamics CRM and Hosted Lync shall be made available with a minimum uptime of 99.9%
measured monthly.
6.8.2 Downtime for each of the services will be defined as:
6.8.2.1 Hosted Exchange ; Any period of time when end users are unable to send or receive email with
Outlook Web Access and other mail client e.g. Microsoft Outlook.
6.8.2.2 Hosted SharePoint ; Any period of time when users are unable to read or write any portion of
a SharePoint site collection for which they have appropriate permissions.
6.8.2.3 Hosted Dynamics CRM ; Any period of time when end users are unable to read or write any
Service data for which they have appropriate permission but shall not include non-availability of
Service add-on features.
6.8.2.4 Hosted Lync ; Any period of time when end users are unable to see presence status, conduct
instant messaging conversations, or initiate online meetings*. (*Online meeting functionality
applicable only to Hosted Lync Enterprise service)
6.8.2.5 Virtual Servers ; Any period of time when Customer cannot access their hosted Virtual Server via
RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol), SSH (Secure Shell), FTP (File Transfer Protocol), HTTP
(Hypertext Transfer Protocol) and HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) and the server
does not respond to PING/ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) from inside and outside of
the CipherWave network.
6.8.3 The Customer is obliged to raise the service ticket and the time calculation will be determined from the
time the call was logged, until the service is restored. Credits will only be paid subject to the correct
procedure for the raising of a service ticket. Customer will be entitled to a Service Credit off of the monthly
service charge for the affected service/s as stipulated in the table in 6.9 Service Credits.
6.9 Downtime Crediting
6.9.1 In the event that Customer suffers any “downtime” or lack of network or infrastructure availability, the
Customer shall receive a credit on their account subject to the table below. All requests for credit must
be made within ten (10) business days from the occurrence of the downtime and must be made in
writing via a support ticket. All credit requests must be verified by CipherWave staff and credits may
take up to thirty (30) days to reflect on Customer’s invoice. CipherWave reserves the right to revoke
any credit for downtime issued where it is later discovered to have been be caused by or attributed to
Customer activity or external forces not related to CipherWave network or hardware.

99.9% SLA Credit 99.5% SLA Credit
99.5% – 99.9% 10% 98% – 99.49% 10%
98% – 99.49% 25% 95% – 97.99% 25%
95% – 97.99% 50% 90% – 94.99% 50%
Below 95% 100% Below 90% 100%

6.9.2 If the average uptime over three (3) consecutive calendar months  falls between 90% – 95% on
99.9% SLA level or  between 85% – 90% on 99.5% SLA level,  the Customer has the right to terminate
this agreement forthwith, without any penalty, subject to 6.9.4.
6.9.3 If the average uptime for any one (1) calendar month  is below 90% on 99.9% SLA level  or below
85% on 99.5% SLA level , the Customer has the right to terminate this agreement forthwith, without
penalty, subject to 6.9.4.
6.9.4 CipherWave utilises a network monitoring application that is able to accurately verify average
uptimes. Should the Customer wish to effect termination of this agreement in terms of clause
6.9.2 and or 6.9.3 above, then CipherWave must first verify that the requirements therein are
met through CipherWave’s own network monitoring application, which it do in good faith .
6.9.5 The Customer must communicate the termination in writing to CipherWave and will be liable for
payments due up to that date, less any credit allotted to them.
6.10 Spares and Hardware Replacement Undertaking
6.10.1 Where products and services as detailed in the Service Order/s are owned by
CipherWave and provided to Customer as a managed rental, spares for such products and services will
be maintained by CipherWave. In the event of the products and/or equipment being rented to the
Customer and/or Subscriber then the Customer and/or Subscriber shall be required to enter into a
separate rental agreement in respect thereof.
6.10.1.1 If CipherWave has sold hardware to the Customer outright. Therein the Customer owns the
hardware, and the hardware was sold with a manufacturer/supplier warranty and/or support
SLA. Customer undertakes to handle the support procedure between the Customer and the
hardware manufacturer/supplier directly.
The following clauses (6.10.2 – 6.10.4) exclude wireless and satellite network services:
6.10.2 CipherWave warrants and undertakes that in the event of a critical component failure, CipherWave
shall replace such component(s) at no cost to the Customer within 8 (eight) working hours of the
service ticket being raised in respect of the failure. Acknowledgement shall be defined as the creation
of a support ticket for the Customer by the Service Provider concerning the critical failure, and the 8
(eight) hour Hardware Replacement Undertaking shall begin at this time. Critical components shall be
defined as one or more of the following components: CPU / Processors, Memory (RAM), Motherboards,
Network Interface Cards (NIC Cards), Hard Drives, Secondary Hard Drives and Disks.
6.10.3 This MSA does not cover any special equipment that the Customer is using that CipherWave does not
stock replacements for. This includes specialised storage devices, load balancers and networking
equipment, optical drives, software and operating systems.
6.10.4 Failure on the part of CipherWave to replace critical components within 8 (eight) working hours shall
result in credit being issued to the Customer’s account based on the following formula:
Credit = ((minutes to replace – 480 minutes) ÷ 44 640 minutes) x overall monthly service fee as per contract.
All requests for credit must be made within ten (10) days from the occurrence of the critical component
failure and must be made in writing via a support ticket. All credit requests must be verified by
CipherWave staff and credits may take up to thirty (30) days to reflect on Customer’s bill. It is further
agreed that in the event of the request for the credit not being made within 10 (ten) days, then such
credit will be forfeited and the Subscriber and/or Customer will not be entitled to claim such credits.
6.10.4.1 It is to be recorded and specifically agreed herein that in the event of the Subscriber and/or
Customer claiming a credit of which has been approved by the Service Provider, of which
such approval is solely within the discretion of the Service Provider, the Subscriber and/or
Customer accept that they will pay the full month’s statement in which the credit request
arose and which was approved and that the credit shall apply for the month following such
approval.
6.10.5 Limitations on CipherWave Hardware Replacement Undertaking
CipherWave’s Hardware Replacement Undertaking shall cover the time spent to replace critical
components after the service ticket is raised by the Customer in respect of the critical component that
is the cause of the problem or downtime and replacement is the agreed-upon course of action. This
undertaking does not cover any time spent restoring any operating environment or restoring the
functionality of a particular server or server environment, including, but not limited to: rebuilding data
or domains, rebuilding control panels or server consoles, digital certificates, CRON jobs, installing
operating systems or virtualization software, software components, RAID arrays, or any part of any
configuration or setup concerning equipment provided to CipherWave by Customer. CipherWave is
not responsible for any third-party loss due or attributed to any downtime experienced by Customer
under this agreement.
6.10.6 It is specifically agreed that in respect to the spares and hardware replacement undertaking that such
undertaking is given at the sole discretion and it is specifically agreed between the parties that insofar
as this paragraph is concerned, that the indemnification and limitation of liability clauses as set out in
paragraph 12 herein will apply to the spares and hardware replacement undertaking.
6.11 Customer Obligations
6.11.1 The Customer shall be responsible for procuring and maintaining, in its name and at its expense, all
necessary permits (as required by law) and consents (as required by law) for the provision of the
Service and/or the installation and/or use of the CPE and/or any ancillary equipment for the duration
of this Agreement.
6.11.2 The Customer shall –
6.11.2.1 ensure all equipment connected to or used in conjunction with the Service is connected or
used in accordance with applicable South African laws, rules and/or regulations and shall
obtain the prior written approval of Service Provider before connecting or permitting any third
party to connect any equipment to any electronic communication system or equipment
operated by Service Provider or use any Equipment;
6.11.2.2 ensure that the Service is used strictly in accordance with Service Provider’s Acceptable Use
Policy. A copy of the Acceptable Use Policy is available upon request. However,
notwithstanding the fact that it is available upon request the Subscriber and/or Customer
accepts and acknowledges that they’ve read the Acceptable Use Policy and will be bound to
the terms thereof.
6.11.2.3 responsible for its own local area network and infrastructure and shall implement such
reasonable security measures in respect thereof to ensure that the security of and last mile
access links provided by Service Provider (e.g. fibre, wireless, etc.) is not compromised;
6.11.2.4 promptly comply with all notices, instructions or directions given by Service Provider in
respect of the installation, use or operation of the Service, Software and the CPE;
6.11.2.5 install, use and maintain all equipment necessary for the provision of the Service in good
working order (fair wear and tear excepted) in accordance with the specifications, guidelines
and recommendations of Service Provider and the vendor thereof;
6.11.2.6 at all times retain custody and control of the CPE at the premises occupied by the Customer
or such other premises as Service Provider may have approved for such purpose;
6.11.2.7 use the service for its own internal business purposes and shall not be entitled, either directly
or indirectly, to transfer, distribute, re-distribute, copy, sell, re-sell, lease, rent, lend, license
or sub-license the Service, either in whole or in part, in any way whatsoever, to any third
party without Service Provider’s prior written consent.
6.11.3 The Customer shall not –
6.11.3.1 use or permit the use of the Service or install, connect or link or use (or permit the installation,
connection, linking or use) of any electronic communications equipment in contravention
of any South African laws, rules and/or regulations carry out or permit to be carried out any
additions, improvements, adjustments, modifications, alterations or replacements to the CPE
without the prior written consent of Service Provider;
6.11.3.2 use or permit the use of the Service or any electronic communications equipment in any
manner or for any purpose whatsoever which generates or is likely to generate electronic
communications traffic which causes or is likely to cause congestion in or disruption of the
Service offered by Service Provider;.
6.12 Completion Certificate and Service Order
Insofar as the Service Order and Completion Certificate is concerned it is specifically agreed that:
6.12.1 The Customer and/or Subscriber may, from time to time require services from the Service
Provider.
6.12.2 This request will be made by the Customer and/or Subscriber to the Service Provider to the
e-mail address [email protected].
6.12.3 The Service Provider will then generate a Service Order similar to that as set out in
Annexure “A” hereto of which shall be signed by the Customer and/or Subscriber and
returned to the Service Provider by either e-mail or fax to [email protected].
6.12.4 That Service Order shall contain various information, including the initial period, the product
and/or service to be provided together with the monthly charge.
6.12.5 That Service Order, which cannot unilaterally be withdrawn by the Customer and/or
Subscriber will be deemed to be accepted by the Customer and/or Subscriber upon the
Service Provider receiving the Service Order signed by the Customer and/or Subscriber.
6.12.6 Completion of the commissioning of services as per the Service Order would be deemed to
have been achieved upon the Service Provider delivering a Completion Certificate to the
Customer and/or Subscriber which is to be signed and returned by the Customer and/or
Subscriber within 5 (five) days of receipt of the Completion Certificate, failing which, the
Completion Certificate shall be deemed to have been accepted by the Customer and/or
Subscriber. The effective date is as set out in paragraph 2.9. (Upon delivery of the
Completion Certificate the services are rendered or capable of being rendered so are we not
to remove the word “deemed”.)
6.12.7 In the event of the Customer and/or Subscriber objecting to the Completion Certificate within
the prescribed period, then the procedure as set out in paragraph 2.9 shall be followed. In
this regard it is specifically agreed that in the event of the Customer and/or Subscriber raising
unreasonable objections to the Completion Certificate shall entitle the Service Provider to,
without notice, any Service Order/s.

7. RAISING A SERVICE TICKET
7.1 The Customer may raise a service ticket with the 24 hour Service Desk by using one of the following methods:
7.1.1 Email service incident to [email protected],  or by
7.1.2 Telephone call made to 010 541 0000 or 0860 070 070.
7.2 Service tickets may only be raised by t h e designated persons nominated by the Customer. The nominated
persons for raising service tickets must be outlined in Schedule A

8. GENERAL SERVICE EXCEPTIONS
8.1 CipherWave has no obligation to support the following:
8.1.1 Associated databases and components are specifically excluded from this SLA and will be the
responsibility of the Customer.
8.1.2 A Software problem or any defect resulting from unauthorised changes made by Customer to the
Equipment in such a way that the Equipment becomes inconsistent with the environment for which the
Software or the hardware containing the Software was originally purchased. These changes could
include t h e type of computer hardware, version of operating system, version of compilers,
application software, and so on.
8.1.3 A Software problem or any defect caused by the negligence of Customer including, but not necessarily
limited to unauthorised activities in the managed environment (i.e. change control management not
followed) and/or the data centre according to the CipherWave Data Centre Policy or its employees,
agents or any other person (other than a person of/through CipherWave).
8.1.4 Software problems or failures occasioned by virus infection whether or not virus protection software
has been installed. The Customer will be solely responsible for ensuring that Product Manufacturer
recommended anti-virus software is both installed and maintained with the latest versions.
8.1.5 All incidents will be followed by an incident report within 72 hours of being resolved and will state cause
(e.g. action by person, software error, configuration error, hardware failure, etc.) and resolution of the
issue as well as recommended steps to be taken to mitigate potential reoccurrence of the issue. The
incident report will also state whether the cause of the incident is covered under this SLA and whether
or not SLA credits are due.
8.1.6 Where service response may result in risk to the safety of the team attending to a raised service ticket.
8.1.7 Where service response may result in the team contravening any legal and or safety guidelines or
regulations. For example – climbing masts in inclement weather.
8.1.8 In instances where uptime disruptions are as a result of power outages at the Customer’s site, and the
Customer has not implemented preventative measures such as uninterruptible power supplies or
generators.

9. GENERAL SERVICE PROVISIONS
9.1 Product Updates are only offered where the Customer has purchased the Software Support Services.
Product Updates are available via the Internet or other media upon request. Software maintenance release
updates via CipherWave’s Technical Services Support Centre will be supplied upon request in terms of clause
5.6 – 5.9.
9.2 The Customer will be responsible for the daily administration of the devices, log files and capacity management
unless covered in terms of the SLA and Schedule of Service.
9.3 The Customer acknowledges that ownership of all Intellectual Property Rights relating to CipherWave’s
infrastructure and services shall at all times remain vested in CipherWave. This excludes the Intellectual Property
hosted by CipherWave and developed by Customer. All intellectual property proprietary to each Party shall at all times
and beyond the scope of the Agreement remain vested in the respective Party.

10. CHARGES AND PAYMENT TERMS
10.1 In consideration for the provision of the Services, Terminal Equipment and/or any other services supplied by
CipherWave to Customer, the Customer shall effect payment to CipherWave of the applicable charges, as
detailed in this Agreement and attached annexures / schedules whether or not the Services have been, or
are being utilised by the Customer.
10.2 Unless otherwise agreed to by CipherWave in writing, the Customer shall effect payment to CipherWave:
10.2.1 for once-off services (e.g. installation charges) on presentation of invoice and against commissioning
of the Services.
10.2.2 for monthly service charges made monthly in advance within 7 days from date of any relevant
invoice.
10.2.3 via an EFT where the Customer shall have discharged its obligations only upon payment being
received by CipherWave.
10.3 In the event that CipherWave requires payment for the services provided to the Customer to be made by
EFT, the Customer will commit a breach of the Agreement if the Customer:
10.3.1 Fails to honour the payment without the written consent of CipherWave.
10.3.2 Provides CipherWave with an incorrect payment amount.
10.4 The monthly statement shall be sent by CipherWave to the Customer to the e-mail address supplied by the
Customer in this Agreement. Onus shall be on the Customer to check the statement in order to ensure that
its contents are correct. Unless a query is raised in respect of the contents of the statement within 15 days
from the date thereof, the contents of the statement shall be deemed to be correct.
10.5 For the duration of this Agreement, any migration from one service to another shall be subject to
CipherWave’s approval in its discretion and CipherWave shall be entitled to levy fees for migrations, but
which fees may not exceed the amounts approved or fixed by the responsible regulatory authority from time
to time.
10.6 In the event of Customer cancelling this or part of this Agreement other than for reasons stated in 6.7.2 –
6.7.3 or 11, CipherWave reserves the right to charge a penalty equal to or less than the value that would
have been paid by the Customer for the service being cancelled over the full remaining term of the contract.
This will include, but not be limited to, services such as licensed wireless links, fibre links and services
provisioned from third parties.
10.7 CipherWave shall ensure that any Terminal Equipment is installed to the Customer’s satisfaction before
commencement of billing and once the Customer has signed off on said installation, CipherWave will accept
that the Customer is satisfied with the Installation.
10.8 In the event of the Subscriber failing to effect payment of any amount owing by them to Service Provider on
due date, then without derogating from Service Provider’s rights in terms of clause 11, the Subscriber shall
be liable to pay interest to Service Provider on the amount so owing at the prime interest rate as published
from time to time by Standard Bank Limited plus 2% (percent), from due date to date of payment.
10.9 Unless specifically stated otherwise, all prices and charges set out in the Agreement and/or any price list are
exclusive of Value-Added Tax and any other applicable tax or duty, the cost of which shall vest with the
Subscriber.
10.10 A certificate under the hand of any Manager of Service Provider certifying the sum of any amount owing by
the Subscriber to Service Provider shall be prima facie proof of its contents and sufficient proof for the
purposes of enabling Service Provider to obtain any judgment or order against the Subscriber.
10.11 Should the Subscriber be placed under administration, sequestration or liquidation proceedings, or suffer
any other legal disability which will negatively affect the Subscriber’s ability to make payment to the Service
provider, the Subscriber is required to notify the Service Provider in writing within 7 (seven) days of
occurrence of the afore-mentioned events.
10.12 The Customer hereby consents in the event of any legal action being instituted by the Service Provider
against it, it hereby consents to the jurisdiction of the Magistrate’s Court holding jurisdiction despite the fact
that the amount claimed exceeds the jurisdiction of the Magistrate’s Court. Notwithstanding the contents of
this paragraph the Service Provider and Subscriber can, if it deems necessary, approach the High Court
holding jurisdiction for any urgent application and also has the discretion to institute action out any High Court
holding jurisdiction.

11. BREACH, SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION
11.1 In the event that either Party (Primary) commits a breach of any of the terms and conditions herein, or,
to any Service Order, then, in such event and in the event of the defaulting party remaining in breach for a
period of 14 days after receipt of written notice (“notice of breach”) from t h e other Party (Secondary)
calling for such breach to be remedied, Secondary Party shall be entitled, without prejudice to any other
rights or remedies it may have hereunder or in law including the right to claim damages, to –
11.1.1 claim specific performance, and/or
11.1.2 cancel this Agreement, and/or
11.1.3 claim damages.
11.2 Notwithstanding the contents of paragraph 11.1, it is specifically agreed that the Service Provider may at any
time, without notice to the Subscriber and in any manner whatsoever, suspend the Subscriber’s access to
the Services in the event that:
11.2.1 Any modification, maintenance or remedial work is required to be undertaken pertaining in any
manner whatsoever to the Services or the Network. Service Provider will endeavour to inform the
Subscriber timeously in the event of planned maintenance.
11.2.2 The Subscriber fails to perform any of their obligations, or breaches any terms of the Agreement, in
which event Service Provider may also suspend the Subscriber’s use of the terminal equipment
and/or services.
11.3 Service Provider reserves the right to require the Subscriber to effect payment of any applicable reconnection
charges pursuant to restoration of Services suspended in the circumstances contemplated in clause 11.2.2.
In the event that the Subscriber’s access to the Network is suspended, the Subscriber shall still be liable
for the monthly service charges during any such period of suspension.
11.4 Notwithstanding the provision of Services to the Subscriber, all Terminal Equipment shall remain the
property of the Service Provider.
11.5 The Service Provider shall be entitled to use the terminal equipment installed at any site for the provision of
Services to Subscribers other than the Subscriber party to this Agreement.
11.6 Without prejudice to the provisions of clause 11.1 above, CipherWave may forthwith terminate this
Agreement at any time by giving the Customer written notice of such termination if:
11.6.1 a judgment against the Customer remains unsatisfied for a period of 14 (fourteen) days or more
after it comes, or ought reasonably to have come, to the attention of the Customer;
11.6.2 the Customer commits any act of insolvency as set forth in Section 8 of the Insolvency Act 24 of 1936,
as amended;
11.6.3 the Customer makes any arrangement or composition with its creditors generally or ceases or
threatens to cease trading;
11.6.4 the Customer is, other than for the purposes of reconstruction or amalgamation, placed under
voluntary or compulsory liquidation or under judicial management or under the equivalent of the
aforegoing;
11.6.5 the Customer or any of its directors, shareholders or members is convicted of a criminal offence,
which in CipherWave’s opinion would impact negatively upon CipherWave.
11.6.6 the Service Provider’s Licence is revoked, terminated or amended for any reason whatsoever.
11.6.7 the Customer commits a material breach of the agreement.
11.7 Indulgences: If either party at any time breaches any of that party’s obligations under the Agreement, the
other party (”aggrieved party”):
11.7.1 May at any time after that breach exercise any right that became exercisable directly or indirectly as
a result of the breach, unless the aggrieved party has expressly elected in writing of a clear and
unambiguous conduct, amounting to more than mere delay, not to exercise the right. In particular,
acceptance of late performance shall for a reasonable period after performance be provisional only,
and the aggrieved party may still exercise that right during that period.
11.7.2 Shall not be stopped (prevented) from exercising its rights arising out of a breach, despite the fact
that the aggrieved party may have elected or agreed on one or more previous occasions not to
exercise the rights arising out of any same/similar breach or breaches.
11.8 The Service Provider may, without prejudice to any other rights which it may have under the Agreement or
at law:
11.8.1 Notify credit bureaus of the Subscriber’s default; and
11.8.2 Blacklist the equipment to prevent the further use thereof. Once the terminal has been blacklisted,
the Service Provider shall be entitled to remove or recover the terminal equipment from the site
where it is stationed without notice to the Subscriber.

12. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
12.1 Without detracting from any of the other provisions of this Agreement, Service Provider shall not be liable
to the Subscriber, its directors, employees and/or agents for any loss and/or damage (whether direct, indirect
or consequential) suffered by the Subscriber, its directors, employees and/or agents for any reason
whatsoever in the event that:
12.1.1 Service Provider fails for any reason whatsoever to supply and/or deliver and/or provide installation
of any terminal equipment either on the required date or at all; and/or
12.1.2 The Services are interrupted, suspended or terminated for whatever reason; and/or
12.1.3 Service Provider fails to suspend the provision of the Services to the Subscriber in terms of an
arrangement between Service Provider and the Subscriber or after the Subscriber has specifically
requested Service Provider to do so in order to limit the charges; and/or
12.1.4 Such loss or damage was caused by any gross or otherwise negligent act or omission on
the part of Service Provider, its employees or its agents.
12.2 The Service Provider shall not be responsible for any loss or damage caused by third party suppliers.
12.3 The Service Provider shall not be liable for matters including but not limited to, any additional labour and
equipment costs such as cabling, plug points.

13. DISPUTES
13.1 Notwithstanding the provisions of this Clause 13 in the event that there is a dispute arising pursuant to this
Agreement, the signatories hereto undertake to meet prior to resorting to the provisions of this Agreement
to ascertain whether it would be possible to resolve any such dispute without recourse to the provisions
contained in this clause. In the event that the parties meet and are unable to agree a solution to the dispute,
the provisions of this Clause 13 will prevail.
13.2 In the event of the matter not being able to be resolved in terms of paragraph 13.1, then, any dispute relating
to the terms of this Agreement and/or should any dispute (other than a dispute contemplated in a specific
clause to this Agreement which provides for a dispute resolution mechanism in terms of that clause) arise
between the parties in respect to this Agreement or in relation to the conduct of the business of the Customer,
without limiting the generality of the aforegoing, any dispute relating to:
13.2.1 the interpretation or performance of any of the terms;
13.2.2 any of the parties’ rights and obligations; or
13.2.3 any procedure to be followed; or
13.2.4 the termination or cancellation of this Agreement; or
13.2.5 the rectification of this Agreement; or
13.2.6 claim for damages by Service Provider.
then that dispute or difference may be submitted to the two parties’ Chief Executives for resolution.
Should the Chief Executives fail to resolve dispute within 7 working days, the dispute may be
referred to arbitration in accordance with the following provisions:
13.2.7 the arbitration proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with the rules of the Arbitration
Foundation of South Africa;
13.2.8 the arbitration proceedings shall be held on an informal basis, it being the intention that a decision
should be reached as expeditiously and as inexpensively as possible, subject only to the due
observance of the principles of justice;
13.2.9 each party to the dispute shall be entitled to be represented at the arbitration proceedings by legal
representative or representatives or any other expert or specialist retained by that party;
13.2.10 the arbitrator shall:
13.2.10.1 if the matter in dispute is primarily a legal matter, be a practicing counsel of not less
than 10 (ten) years’ experience as such, to be agreed upon between the parties, and
failing agreement, to be nominated by the Arbitration Foundation of South Africa
(AFSA);
13.2.10.2 if the matter in dispute is primarily an accounting matter, the arbitrator shall be a
chartered accountant of not less than 10 (ten) years’ experience as such to be agreed
upon between the parties, and failing agreement, to be nominated by the chairman for
the time being of the Public Accountants and Auditors Board;
13.2.10.3 if the matter in dispute relates to any matter not being primarily a legal and/or
accounting matter, or if the parties are unable to agree on the nature of the matter of
dispute, be such other person having an appropriate knowledge, as may be agreed
upon between the parties, and failing agreement, nominated by AFSA;
13.2.11 the decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding upon the parties and capable of being made
an order of a competent court on application by any party;
13.2.12 the terms of this Agreement shall not preclude any party from applying to a competent court for a
temporary interdict or other relief of an urgent and temporary nature, pending the award of the
arbitrator;
13.2.13 the costs of and incidental to any arbitration proceedings shall be in the discretion of the arbitrator
who shall be entitled to direct that the costs be determined as between party-and-party, between
attorney-and-client, or as between attorney-and-own-client.
13.3 The arbitration shall be held under the provisions as set out by AFSA, and, it is specifically agreed that the
chosen arbitrator can, where need be, set out the procedure and rules to be followed by the parties in order
to expedite the matter, provided that the arbitration shall be held:
13.3.1 in Johannesburg ;
13.3.2 in accordance with such formalities and/or procedures as may be settled by the arbitrator and may
be held in an informal and summary manner, on the basis that it shall not be necessary to observe
or carry out the usual formalities of procedure, pleadings and/or discovery or respect rules of
evidence.
13.4 The arbitration shall be held as quickly as possible after it is requested, with a view to it being completed
within 30 (thirty) calendar days after it has been so requested or such other period as agreed to between the
parties in writing.
13.5 Notwithstanding the contents of paragraph 13, it is specifically agreed that the Service Provider has the
absolute and sole discretion to decide whether it intends to proceed with an action and/or summons and/or
any other legal process through a Court having competent jurisdiction or whether it will proceed with
arbitration. For clarity purposes, the Service Provider shall not be bound to the arbitration clause and has
the sole election whether to proceed with the arbitration clause, alternatively, to proceed to a Court holding
jurisdiction for any and all matters pertaining to this agreement not just those of an urgent nature. It is
compulsory upon the Customer and/or Subscriber to proceed through the arbitration process.

14. CONFIDENTIALITY
14.1 Each Party (the “Disclosing Party”) will provide to the other (the “Receiving Party”), such Confidential
Information as is necessary or expedient to enable the Receiving Party to carry out its obligations in terms
of this Agreement.
14.2 The Receiving Party acknowledges that any Confidential Information is a valuable asset of the Disclosing
party and that any unauthorised disclosure or use of the Confidential Information would result in financial
or other harm which may be irreparable.
14.3 Either during the term of this Agreement, or thereafter, the Receiving Party undertakes to the Disclosing
Party that it will not, whether directly or indirectly disclose or divulge, any Confidential Information to any
third party for any reason or purpose whatsoever, without the express prior written consent of the Disclosing
Party.
14.4 The Receiving Party further undertakes to protect the Confidential Information using the high degree of
care it applies to protecting its own proprietary, secret or confidential information.
14.5 All Confidential Information disclosed to the Receiving Party is the property of the Disclosing Party and
such disclosure does not confer any rights in or to the Confidential Information on the Receiving Party.
14.6 The Receiving Party will only disclose the Confidential Information to its employees and professional
advisors on a need-to-know basis and then strictly in relation to the efficient conduct of its obligations in
terms of this Agreement. The Receiving Party warrants that it will ensure that all such persons to whom
confidential Information has been disclosed shall abide by the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
and more specifically, clause 13.
14.7 The Receiving Party undertakes not to use, exploit, or in any other manner apply the Confidential
Information disclosed to it for any purpose other than the purpose for which it was disclosed.
14.8 The Receiving Party shall, upon expiration or earlier termination of this Agreement for any reason
whatsoever:
14.8.1 forthwith return to the disclosing Party all Confidential Information in its or its employees’ possession
or under its or its employees’ control;
14.8.2 not retain or withhold any copies of such Confidential Information.
14.9 The provision of clause 13 shall survive any termination or expiration of this Agreement for a period of 10
(ten) years from the date of termination of the Agreement.

15. CONSENT/AUTHORITY
15.1 The Subscriber hereby consents/authorises Service Provider to disclose the Subscriber’s name, address
and personal details to any party whenever it is reasonably necessary for Service Provider to properly
perform its functions or protect its interests, or for the purpose of enabling the Network Operator or Service
Provider to provide emergency Services to the Subscriber, or directory or repair services and
information to Network users generally.
15.2 The Subscriber hereby consents/authorises Service Provider at any time, without notice to the Subscriber
to obtain information about the Subscriber’s profile from any authorised and registered credit reference
agency in the Republic of South Africa.
15.3 The Subscriber consents/authorises t h e Service Provider to provide regular reports in respect of
Subscriber’s payment conduct to any authorised and registered credit reference agency in the Republic of
South Africa.

16. INTERCEPTION AND MONITORING OF COMMUNICATIONS
16.1 Subject to the provisions of Regulation of Interception of Communications and Provision of Communicationrelated
information Act (RICA), 70 of 2002 or any law, the Subscriber acknowledges that the Service Provider
is bound by RICA and accepts that in certain instances as set out in RICA that the Service Provider will be
entitled and/or required to intercept, block, filter, read, delete, disclose any communications of the Subscriber
sent or posted via the Service Provider’s network. RICA may be accessed at
http://www.info.gov.za/acts/2002/a70-2002.
16.2 The Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that in the event that the Service Provider is obliged by any
applicable law determines or is required to determine that any content hosted by Service Provider, published
by Service Provider on the Subscriber’s behalf or transmitted by the Subscriber by means of the Service(s)
(“Content”) is in violation of any law or the Acceptable Use Policy, Service Provider shall be entitled –
16.2.1 forthwith to request the Subscriber to remove such Content; and/or
16.2.2 forthwith to require the Subscriber to amend or modify such Content; and/or
16.2.3 without notice to the Subscriber terminate access to any Product(s) and/or Service(s) and/or
suspend or terminate any Service(s); and/or
16.2.4 without notice to delete the offending Content.
16.3 The Subscriber acknowledges that any exercise by Service Provider of its rights in terms of clause 16.2
above shall not be construed as an assumption of liability by Service Provider for the Content and/or the
publication thereof whether or not Service Provider has knowledge of such Content, having cognisance of
the fact that Service Provider has no general obligation in law to monitor Content. The Subscriber hereby
indemnifies Service Provider and holds it harmless against any liability, claims, fines or other penalties of
whatever nature suffered or imposed by any person arising either directly or indirectly out of the Content or
the publication or hosting or transmission thereof.

17. DOMICILIUM
The Parties choose as their domicilium citandi et executandi (“domicilium ”) for the delivery of all notices
arising out of this Agreement or its termination or cancellation, these addresses:
CipherWave: Building 7, 74 Waterfall Drive
Waterfall Corporate Campus
Waterfall City
Midrand
1685
General Enquiries: 010 541 0000
Technical Support: 0860 070 070
Attention: Jonathan Mason
17.2 Both of the Parties shall be entitled from time to time, by written notice to the other, to vary their domicilium
to any other address within the Republic of South Africa which is not a post office box or post restante.
17.3 Any notice required or permitted to be given in terms of this Agreement shall be valid and effective only if
in writing and signed by or on behalf of the duly authorised representative of the notifying party.
For the purposes of this clause, notices shall include any notice in the form of a data message as
defined in the Electronic communications and Transactions Act, 25 of 2002.
17.4 All notices made by any Party to the other (“the addressee”) which:
17.4.1 is delivered by hand during the Normal Business Hours of the addressee at the addressee’s
domicilium  shall be deemed, unless the contrary is proven by the addressee, to have been received
by the addressee at the time of delivery;
17.4.2 is posted by prepaid registered post from an address within the Republic of South Africa to the
addressee at the addressee’s domicilium  shall be deemed, unless the contrary is proven by the
addressee, to have been received by the addressee on the 10th day after the date of posting;
17.4.3 is sent by facsimile, shall be deemed, until the contrary is proven by the addressee, to have been
received within one hour of transmission where it is transmitted during business hours of the
receiving instrument or at noon on the following Business day (excluding Saturdays and
Sundays) where it is transmitted outside such business hours.
17.5 Notwithstanding anything contained to the contrary in this Agreement, any notice written or otherwise
actually received by one Party from the other Party shall be adequate notice to such Party, unless otherwise
required by any provision of this Agreement.

18. CESSION AND DELEGATION
18.1 The rights and obligations of the Subscriber in terms of the Agreement may not be assigned, ceded or
delegated to any third party. The rights and obligations of Service Provider in terms of the Agreement may
be assigned, ceded and/or delegated by it to any other party on written notice to the Subscriber.

19. RISK AND OWNERSHIP
19.1 The Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that all rights title and ownership in respect to the services
and to any Network Equipment shall at all times remain vested in Service Provider.
19.2 All rights of ownership in and to any Equipment and/or Network Equipment –
19.2.1 supplied by Service Provider on a loan or rental basis, shall remain vested in Service Provider;
19.2.2 purchased by the Subscriber from Service Provider and supplied by Service Provider either free of
charge or at a subsidised price shall remain vested in Service Provider for the duration of the initial
period of the Service Schedule in terms of which it is supplied; and
19.2.3 at Service Provider’s listed price shall remain vested in Service Provider until the Subscriber has
made payment therefore in full to Service Provider.
19.3 All risk in and to –
19.3.1 the Equipment and/or Network Equipment shall pass to the Subscriber upon delivery thereof and
the Subscriber shall be liable for any and all loss, theft or destruction of or damage thereto,
howsoever arising.
19.3.2 In the event of damage to or the loss, theft or destruction of the Equipment and/or Network
Equipment or any portion thereof, the Subscriber shall be obliged to pay to Service Provider the cost
of replacing and/or making good the Equipment and/or Network Equipment so damaged, lost,
stolen or destroyed.
19.4 The Subscriber undertakes –
19.4.1 to display in relation to the Equipment and/or Network Equipment no lesser degree of care than it
would, had same belonged to it, and shall take all reasonably necessary precautions to avoid
loss, theft or destruction of or damage to the Equipment and/or the Network Equipment;
19.4.2 not to, in any manner, alienate, encumber or otherwise dispose of the Equipment and/or the Network
Equipment;
19.4.3 not to procure repair or maintenance of the Equipment and/or the Network Equipment by any third
party without the prior written consent of Service Provider or in any other manner tamper with
the Equipment and/or the Network Equipment.

20. APPLICATION OF THE CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT
20.1 A transaction (as defined in the CPA) between the Subscriber and Service Provider may or may not fall under
the provisions of the CPA depending upon whether certain values set out in clause 20.2 in respect of the
Customer (“Threshold Values”) are below a certain value at the time the transaction is entered into.
20.2 The Threshold Values are the Subscriber’s asset value or annual turnover, and the value against which they
are measured is as determined by the Minister of Trade and Industry by publication in the Government
Gazette from time to time.
20.3 Service Provider’s duties towards the Subscriber may vary depending upon whether the transaction in
question is subject to the CPA, and Service Provider will act upon the information given to it by the Subscriber
in this regard. Consequently:
20.3.1 The Subscriber warrants that any statement made to Service Provider in respect of its Threshold
Values is accurate.
20.3.2 If the Subscriber claims that all the Threshold Values are below the relevant value, or otherwise
that the CPA applies to the transaction in question, Service Provider may at its instance require
the Subscriber to provide it with financial statements as proof thereof.
20.3.3 If the Subscriber misstates the Threshold Values in such a way that Service Provider considers
for a period that the transaction is subject to the CPA when it is not, all provisions of this Agreement
that do not apply to transactions subject to the CPA shall retroactively apply to the transaction in
question, and the Subscriber shall be liable for any damage sustained by Service Provide resulting
from such misstatement.
20.4 To the extent that the provisions of the CPA are applicable to this Agreement, in the event that the Subscriber
alleges that there is a defect in the quality of the Services, the only remedy that the Subscriber will have
against Service Provider, is to require Service Provider to remedy the defect in the quality of the Services
performed.
20.4.1 If Service Provider has supplied Equipment to enable the Subscriber to utilise the Services in the
circumstances set out in clause 20.4, defects in the Equipment will be dealt with as described in
clause 20.5.
20.5 If the provisions of the CPA are applicable to this Agreement, to the extent that Equipment is supplied to a
Subscriber, the Equipment is warranted in respect of quality, suitability and durability for a period of 6 (six)
months of the Effective Date in respect of the Equipment concerned. Provided the Subscriber is not in breach
of the Agreement, Subscriber may within this period return the Equipment to Service Provider without penalty
if the Equipment fails to satisfy the requirements and standards contemplated and Service Provider shall
repair or replace the failed, unsafe or defective Equipment.
20.6 If Subscriber elects to enforce the provisions of clause 20.5 and, within 3 (three) months of any repair
undertaken by Service Provider, the failure, defect or unsafe feature has not been remedied, or a further
failure, defect or unsafe feature is discovered by Subscriber, Service Provider shall, in its sole and absolute
discretion:
20.6.1 replace the Equipment; or
20.6.2 refund to Subscriber the Once Off Cost applicable thereto.

21. GENERAL/STANDARD CLAUSES
21.1 Service Provider, Service Provider’s employees and/or any of Service Provider’s subcontractors shall, at all
times, adhere to the Subscriber’s security management and site access policies and procedures as notified
to Service Provider in writing from time to time.
21.2 The Subscriber acknowledges further that the Subscriber’s Local Area Network (LAN) is the Subscriber’s
responsibility; the Subscriber is therefore liable for any cost in relation to upgrading and/or configuration of
the Subscriber’s LAN when installing the Service Provider’s solutions.
21.3 No waiver or indulgence which either Party may allow to the other Party shall be valid unless made in writing
and such waiver or indulgence shall be strictly construed as applying only to the matter in respect of which
it was allowed. Without limiting the generality of the a foregoing, if the innocent Party has taken no
action as a result of any breach such inaction shall in no way prevent or stop such Party from exercising
any rights which it may have which flow from the breach in question.
21.4 This Agreement and annexures/schedules constitutes the whole Agreement between the parties and no
addition to, variation, modification or agreed cancellation of this Agreement shall be of any force or effect
unless recorded in a written document and signed by or on behalf of the duly authorised representatives
of both parties. For the purposes hereof, a “written document” shall exclude any document that is in the
form, either wholly or partly, of a data message as defined in the Electronic Communications and
Transactions Act, 25 of 2002, and “signed” shall mean a signature executed by hand with a pen and without
any electronic process or intervention.
21.5 Service Provider may change the terms and conditions of this agreement as a result of changes in taxes,
laws, regulations, the terms and conditions of the license issued to the license holder, the terms and
conditions of any agreement between the license holder and Service Provider or any circumstances or events
similar to the foregoing. Service Provider shall notify the Subscriber of any changes as contemplated herein
in writing.
21.6 The Parties hereto acknowledge that no warranties or representations of whatsoever nature were made
by either Party to the other prior to entering into this Agreement, save as may be recorded in this document.
21.7 This Agreement supersedes and cancels any and all previous service level agreements as per schedule
A between CipherWave and the Customer relating to the subject matter hereof.
21.8 The Subscriber acknowledges having read and accepted the terms and conditions of the Acceptable Use
Policy on the CipherWave website as well as the terms and conditions as set out herein.
21.9 The Customer and/or Subscriber acknowledges that this agreement may in certain respects limit the risk
and/or liability of the Service Provider and/or may constitute an assumption of risk or liability by the Customer
and/or Subscriber and/or impose an obligation on the Customer and/or Subscriber to indemnify the Service
Provider or any other person so mentioned in terms of the agreement. In such an event it is specifically
recorded that the Customers and/or Subscribers attention has been drawn to these limitations and the
Customer and/or Subscriber understands and accepts such limitations. The Customer and/or Subscriber
views the limitations and assumptions as fair and reasonable. The Customer and/or Subscriber has in no
way, manner, means or form been forced and/or induced to enter into this agreement and fully accepts the
terms and conditions thereof.
21.10 The Customer and/or Subscriber further acknowledges that they have been given ample opportunity to
receive and comprehend all the provisions of this agreement, especially those as mentioned in
paragraph 20.9.
21.11 In the event of it being found that any paragraph herein is void and/or unenforceable shall not result in this
agreement or any other paragraph being void and/or unenforceable. Each paragraph is severable of the
other and in the event of it being found that a paragraph is void or unenforceable then only that paragraph
shall be excluded and the remaining portion of the agreement shall survive.
21.12 The Customer and/or Subscriber confirms that it has knowledge of the Electronic Communications and
Transactions Act 25 or 2002, specifically, chapter 11 thereof setting out the limitation of the liability of the
Service Provider.
21.13 The Customer and/or Subscriber further undertakes that it shall fully comply with all provisions of the Films
and Publications Act, 65 of 1996, in the event of the Act applying to it or them. The Customer and/or
Subscriber is specifically directed to Section 27A of the Films and Publications Act as aforementioned and
in the event of there being a breach of that paragraph the Service Provider shall immediately notify the
relevant authorities and comply with the provisions thereof.

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