GovChat: 'Facebook wants control of South Africans' data and how it is used' 5 April 2021 1:32 PM Share This: GovChat's been granted interim relief against removal from Whatsapp. Facebook's strategy is not new says GovChat's Eldrin Jordaan. Local tech start-up GovChat has been granted interim relief by the Competition Tribunal against WhatsApp and Facebook, stopping its removal from the WhatsApp platform for a period of six months. GovChat allows citizens to access a variety of South Africa's government services through its WhatsApp Business profile. In turn, GovChat says Facebook wants to deal directly with the government to offer similar services itself. Saskia Falken gets the lowdown from GovChat CEO Eldrin Jordaan.