{"id":882689,"date":"2026-11-05T08:58:31","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T06:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=882689"},"modified":"2026-11-05T08:58:33","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T06:58:33","slug":"follow-businesstech-on-whatsapp-for-the-2026-election-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/media\/882689\/follow-businesstech-on-whatsapp-for-the-2026-election-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Follow BusinessTech on WhatsApp for the 2026 Election results"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Va7BStvLo4hj7oNThg0Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BusinessTech WhatsApp Channel<\/a><\/strong> gives you the latest news updates on WhatsApp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To follow BusinessTech on WhatsApp and get the latest South African news, simply:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tap on the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Va7BStvLo4hj7oNThg0Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BusinessTech WhatsApp Channel link<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tap &#8220;Follow&#8221; in the top-right corner<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tap the &#8220;Bell Icon&#8221; to receive notifications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You will now receive the latest BusinessTech news through the WhatsApp Channel, which is located in the &#8220;Updates&#8221; section of your WhatsApp app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a great way to keep up to date with the latest 2026 Election news and results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WhatsApp Channels<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Meta Platforms launched WhatsApp Channels in over 150 countries to deliver an easy way to receive updates that matter to you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re welcoming thousands of organizations, sports teams, artists, and thought leaders that people can follow, right within WhatsApp,&#8221; said the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Channels are separate from WhatsApp chats, and who you follow is not visible to other followers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To follow BusinessTech on WhatsApp:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tap on the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Va7BStvLo4hj7oNThg0Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BusinessTech WhatsApp Channel link<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tap &#8220;Follow&#8221; in the top-right corner<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tap the &#8220;Bell Icon&#8221; in the top right corner to receive notifications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BusinessTech WhatsApp Channel gives you the latest news updates on WhatsApp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":643243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"failed","_sma_x_autopost_error":"Instagram publishing failed: Instagram returned HTTP 400: Media ID is not available","_sma_x_post_id":"2118237891390296529","_sma_facebook_post_id":"191437357620492_2261527434667655","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5554],"tags":[27006,2118],"class_list":["post-882689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media","tag-elections-2026","tag-whatsapp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=882689"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":882691,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882689\/revisions\/882691"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/643243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=882689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=882689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=882689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}