As part of its own anti-xenophobia campaign‚ the Department of Science and Technology on Friday launched an online application where people can both pledge their support against xenophobia and also report incidents thereof.
The app is currently available (www.weareafrica.mobi) through a web browser but will be available on android systems by next week. The developers at Mobile Lab‚ a mobile solutions laboratory located at Tshwane’s Innovation Hub‚ said they would increase the app’s features for information sharing on all platforms as user information came in.
The app could soon be used to assist in police investigations. Mobile Lab CEO Derrick Kotze says as ethical and legal considerations around what constituted police evidence still needed to be investigated. He said the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) was in discussions on the topic with stakeholders.
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