Sign up for a @webmail.co.za account for days like this.
Never hurts to have a 'backup solution' for e-mails.
You can then setup your gmail e-mail to forward to your webmail etc.
Or just do what I do, buy another SAIX account, just 1GB and ONLY use it for e-mails / browsing, no downloading at all. It will last all month if you use it right.