It’s not your phone, WhatsApp is actually down [Update: It’s back up]

Phone screen showing various social media apps, WhatsApp included

It seems the Minister of Cyber Security has already started his duties.

 

WhatsApp has been down for the past 30 or so minutes. We’ve reached out to Zuckerburg for a comment (of course you don’t believe that! and you’re right!). We’re not sure how big the outage is, or if it’s geographical etc. We’d like to know from you, you could tell us your location and when last you were able to use WhatsApp.


Well it’s back up!

So I’d been waiting for some really important message on WhatsApp but dololo (nothing). Initially, I thought it was my internet connection, then I blamed it on my phone and finally I just concluded that the person didn’t like me (nor did a couple more people who weren’t texting).

The thing that stood out in all this how it never crossed my mind that WhatsApp could be down. Had it been a local app would I (or anyone else) have thought of every other possible reason other than it being down to justify the inactivity??

Anyway, we still want to know though how big the outage was, so yes please do answer the questions above….and probably your experience in those few minutes. Thank you!

 

Comments

21 responses

  1.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    Cyber chiii? MINISTER Chinamasa, is this not cyber sabotage kkkk

  2. T One Avatar
    T One

    Nekuno kuJozi hatinawo whatsuriro iyoyo, yakatochiller zvayo haisi kana kutombo receiver kana kusender,

    Hameno yavhundukei

  3. Brian Avatar
    Brian

    Its not only Zimbabwe affected.

  4.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    its worldwide actually

  5. Chidaz Avatar
    Chidaz

    WhatsApp has been down since 8.15 Irish time (10.15am zim time)

  6. Boris Avatar
    Boris

    Kenya Uganda Pakistan India Russia most of western Europe US Canada all reporting WhatsApp down. Hilarious that Zimbos imagine (a) it’s all about you and (b) that Patrick Chinamasa and his bunch of clowns could do anything at all to stop WhatsApp!

  7. chamvari Avatar
    chamvari

    kuno tinayo tirikutowatsura heavy

    1.  Avatar
      Anonymous

      Kwenyu ndekupi uku

    2. Ashely Avatar
      Ashely

      it was a worldwide problem but its now back online.

  8. Ashely Avatar
    Ashely

    now back online

  9.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    We are now back online

    1. Care Avatar
      Care

      My heart ar always open

  10. kilson Avatar
    kilson

    NdoTech news idzi kwete zvimwe zvamunonyora

  11. softaz Avatar
    softaz

    can we use VPN to access it ……I think it can work …..just doing some test….I will get back to you

  12.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    haaa pakaipa

  13. engnr Avatar
    engnr

    its down worlwide

  14. Sidney Avatar
    Sidney

    Mine was working Perfectly never experienced any hiccups

  15. Sifanele Dlamini Avatar
    Sifanele Dlamini

    My App was never down

  16. meloe ndlovu Avatar
    meloe ndlovu

    thought econet was playing games with my bundles kkkkkkkk

  17.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    mine was OK

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