App keeps an eye out

23 March 2016 - 08:27
By TANYA FARBER

Cape Town communities are turning to technology to keep them safe after two horrific murders. A 48-hour hackathon was held at the weekend to develop Hamba Safe, an app that will connect people so they won't have to walk, jog, hike or catch public transport alone.Elizabeth Senger, communications officer for Silicon Cape, which organised the hackathon, said: "The murders of Franziska Blöchliger and Sinoxolo Mafevuka have caused so much outrage, and then there are all the cases that don't get repo...

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