UPDATE: WhatsApp is back and restored to normal

UPDATE: WhatsApp is back and restored to normal

Have no fear, for WhatsApp has now come back to life after being down for a small amount of time.

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Having messages after work hours from the group may be considered breaking the law according to the Employers Act!/Unsplash

Comes as a huge relief to people and businesses as WhatsApp is now back online. 

It was down for a couple of minutes and to much of our surprise people were absolutely loving it on Twitter

So rest assured that anyone who is being floored with messages, can now be glad that their communication platform is back online again. 

Still, we can have some sort of fun looking at various memes on social media.

WhatsApp was down worldwide (music from a horror movie plays).

Read more: WhatsApp global outage: here's what we know

According to Business Tech, the communication app WhatsApp has gone down in what appears to be an extended outage affecting both South Africa and many other parts of the world.

WhatsApp scams have now become a constant thing
WhatsApp scams have now become a constant thing. Image: Unsplash

Read more: Meta confirms WhatsApp outage, working to restore service 'as quickly as possible'

This is not the first time that the communication app has gone down. 

In October 2021, platforms owned by Facebook's parent company Meta suffered a global outage

This left WhatsApp users in the dark, along with those of Facebook messenger.

Read more: Rejoice! WhatsApp users can now hide their 'online' status

Many people have seen this as a bad thing and have started to react on Twitter.

Have a look at what people have been tweeting with regards to this disaster...

This story is still a developing one and we will keep you informed.

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