Google.co.za not locally hosted? (in South Africa)

Our Wireless ISP (Internet Serice Provider) seems to be experiencing some international bandwidth problems today. ‘Thank goodness there is a Google South Africa,’ I think.

Firefox greets me with the following message:

The connection has timed out
The server at www.googe.co.za is taking too long to respond.

• The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments.
• If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer’s network connection.
• If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.

I suppose Google South Africa is not hosted locally either 🙁 Well there is always Opera Mini.