The Road Incident Management task team says it will embark on a campaign to strengthen its work at the scene of road crashes by implementing stricter rules. This comes after crash victims were identified after being filmed and the video posted on social media before their next-of-kin were notified. Twelve[…]
Human rights and Palestinian solidarity organisation BDS South Africa will be holding a press conference with South African TV personality Shashi Naidoo on Wednesday following her recent pro-Israeli social media post. The 37-year-old’s lengthy Instagram post referred to Gaza as a “shithole country” and defended Israeli actions. Her views generated[…]
OPINION by Shafiq Morton Social media for us journalists is like the street. On a daily basis, we have to stroll through it. It’s a gossip shop, but we have to deal with it, sifting out the fake news and other stuff in the coffee shops of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp[…]
The Cape Storm, which led to the deaths of eight people, highlighted the disastrous figure of four thousand people who are homeless in and around the Cape Town CBD. According to Haven Nights Shelter spokesperson Hassan Khan, only one thousand two-hundred and fifty of them received a place to stay[…]
Facebook on Thursday offered additional insight into its efforts to rem a response to political pressure in Europe against militant groups using the social network for propaganda and recruiting. Facebook has ramped up its use of artificial intelligence such as image-matching and language-understanding to identify and remove content quickly, Monika[…]
A list of protest marches being organised against President Jacob Zuma has created a craze on social media. The page titled We Are South Africans is part of a social coalition movement calling on South Africans to unite under one banner and to use their voice against the President. The[…]
A man has been “banned” from the Spur steakhouse chain after a clip of a violent altercation between him and a woman at the Texamo Spur, south of Joburg, went viral on social media. Spur Steak Ranches came under fire for its staff’s failure to intervene and de-escalate the situation[…]
Over the past few years, social media has evolved rapidly allowing for communication to be expanded across various mediums. Facebook started off as a platform where one could find lost friends, classmates or college mates to now, a platform of interaction with video calls, instant messaging, posting videos and sharing[…]
The recent surfacing of a video in which alleged minors appear to be engaging in sexual intercourse has shocked the Cape Town community. In the approximately minute long video, a minor is seen recording two individuals who appear to be minors engaging in sexual intercourse, while making ‘lewd’ hand gestures[…]
A string of messages doing the rounds on social media warning that children are being kidnapped in suburbs on the Cape Flats is sowing panic amongst parents. This week alone, VOC News received several Whatsapp messages stating that kids are being abducted, but have been unable to obtain any eyewitness[…]
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