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Some WhatsApp users have threatened to boycott the app due to concerns about its privacy policy. Stock photo.Image: 123RF/PETER KOVáÄ

Goodbye WhatsApp? Here’s why your friends are flocking to Signal & Telegram

Users of mobile messaging app WhatsApp have threatened to boycott the platform after it announced its new terms of privacy policy last week. The new terms compel users to agree to share their data, such as their phone number and location,…

Tighter security for Eastern Cape prisons during festive period

The department of correctional services is tightening the locks to ensure no prisoners escape during the festive period. Deputy minister of correctional services Nkosi Phathekile Holomisa is expected to launch the Correctional Services’…

Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth. Image: wikivillage.co.za

Nelson Mandela University entrances blockaded in anti-crime protest

Gates to the Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth were shut on Monday morning. “When staff tried to unblock barricades, it almost escalated into violence. Management has temporarily halted all student transport as a precautionary…

Medical staff at Bloemfontein’s Pelonomi hospital are being assured of improved security following two attacks last week. Image: Pelonomi Tertiary Hospital via Facebook

Extent of poor security at Pelonomi hospital revealed as student doctors return

The University of Free State has resumed training of undergraduate students in the School of Clinical Medicine at Pelonomi hospital in Bloemfontein, after an intervention to improve security. The decision to suspend the training of…

The entrances to NMU’s North and South Campuses were blocked by protesting students on Tuesday following an attack on two female students on Monday night.Picture: WENNER HILLS/ THE HERALD

NMU beefs up security following rape incident

By Nomahlubi Jordaan The Nelson Mandela University says it will be beefing up security on its campuses following an alleged rape incident at its Second Avenue campus. “The university‚ after having met as management and students as well‚…

EC farmers seek private protection

By ASANDA NINI and TYLER RIDDIN Private security guards will be brought into farming communities in the Eastern Cape amid a surge in criminal attacks and an outcry from farmers that police are not doing enough. Agri-Eastern Cape chairman…

Residents, security staff make arrest

GONUBIE Protect has once again ensured the safety and security of their community by assisting in making an arrest this week. On Tuesday, what started out as a “bush walk” in an attempt to weed out criminals in the area, ended in a house…

Where there is smoke, there is a fire Most BCM fire engines out of service

IT WILL cost Buffalo City Metro approximately R400 000 to repair a broken fire engine that was damaged by a BCM official when a warning light on the dashboard indicated the vehicle needed water and the official placed a hosepipe into the…