Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how uvrentoh uses cookies and similar technologies on the website we operate from our Roeland Street newsroom in Cape Town. We publish news, media analysis and entertainment coverage, and we handle the personal information collected through cookies in line with the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA) and the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002 (ECTA).

What is a cookie?

Cookies are small text files that a website stores in your browser. They let the site remember your choices between visits, keep pages loading quickly on a capped mobile data bundle, and help us run the site more efficiently.

The types of cookies we use

Strictly necessary cookies: required for the basic functions of the site, including page delivery, security and remembering that you have answered the cookie banner.
Analytics cookies: used to understand reader behaviour in aggregate, such as which Western Cape and national stories are read to the end.
Preference cookies: remember your settings, such as text size, a low-data reading mode and the newsletters you follow, so that content is presented the way you chose.
Advertising cookies: used to display relevant advertising and to limit how often you see the same advert.

Why we use cookies

Cookies help us improve site performance, keep the newsroom online through load-shedding and traffic spikes, personalise your reading experience and optimise the story recommendations we make.

Managing your cookies

You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings, and you may withdraw consent for non-essential cookies at any time through the banner on this site. Doing so may affect some features. Under POPIA you may also object to processing or lodge a complaint with the Information Regulator (South Africa) at [email protected].

Last updated: 14 August 2026