In a significant policy shift, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp, has announced the termination of its third-party fact-checking program in…
SA’s Dept of Education website hacked with ‘I love Islamic State’ message
If you’re trying to access South Africa’s Department of Basic Education’s website at present, you can’t. It’s down. And there’s a very good reason…
Petya or NotPetya, this is the world’s latest ransomware attack
Ransomware is yet again sweeping across the world’s computers today, and no, it’s not WannaCry. It goes by a few names, but it’s being…
South Africa’s politicians react to Secret Ballot ruling with subtweets
The Secret Ballot (or #SecretBallot) ruling has come and gone but the reaction from politicians are only now filtering through social media. To clarify,…
#SecretBallot: SA’s ConCourt ruling becomes a worldwide Twitter trend
Yesterday might’ve been the darkest, longest night of the year for South Africans, but today is surely one of the brightest. Chief Justice Mogoeng…
Explaining Feenix: the Standard Bank-backed solution to #FeesMustFall
There’s been a lot said about #FeesMustFall — at least in terms of the hashtag and the social movement it propelled. But in its…
#SocialMediaBlackOut ironically trends on Twitter in South Africa
Yesterday we wrote about #SocialMediaBlackOut — a hashtag that trended on South Africa’s Twitter timeline for much of the week. Today it culminate in…
Cape Town dams 23% full, CoCT ponders ‘reverse osmosis, desalination’ plants
The good news continues this week, Cape Town. Dam levels have increased for the second week in a row, signalling the start of winter……
#SocialMediaBlackOut: South Africa, here’s everything you need to know
If you were scrolling through your Twitter timeline Monday, you might’ve noticed the hashtag #SocialMediaBlackOut out the corner of your eye. Don’t worry though….
Katy Perry hits 100m Twitter followers, but are they all human?
It’s taken a while, but a Twitter user has finally broken the 100-million followers barrier. And no, it’s not Justin Bieber, Donald Trump or…
8 apps addressing some of South Africa’s pressing problems [Digital All Stars]
Digital All Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on…
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