When you visit a news site like Cloudflare, a global network that speeds up websites and protects them from attacks. Also known as a content delivery network (CDN), it sits between your browser and the website you’re trying to reach, making pages load faster and blocking hackers before they get close. Most people don’t see it, but Cloudflare is running in the background for thousands of sites — including news platforms like Daily Wacek News — keeping them up even when traffic spikes or attacks hit.
It’s not just about speed. Cloudflare handles DNS, the system that turns website names like wacek.co.za into machine-readable addresses, making sure your device finds the right server quickly. It also offers website security, tools that stop DDoS attacks, bots, and malicious scripts from crashing or stealing data. For a news site that breaks stories in real time — like a last-minute goal, a political scandal, or a court ruling — staying online isn’t optional. Cloudflare makes that possible.
Think of it like a shield and a highway rolled into one. When a flood of users tries to load a breaking story — say, a major football transfer or a government announcement — Cloudflare spreads the load across its global servers so no single point breaks. It also filters out fake traffic from bots trying to scrape data or launch attacks. That’s why sites using Cloudflare rarely crash during big events, even when millions are watching.
Behind the scenes, Cloudflare also helps with performance optimization, automatically compressing images, reducing code bloat, and caching content closer to users. That means readers in Cape Town get news faster than if the server was in Johannesburg. For a South African news site, that’s a game-changer. It’s not magic — it’s engineering. And it’s why you don’t see loading spinners when you check the latest scores, political updates, or crime reports.
Cloudflare doesn’t just serve big tech companies. It’s in use by small blogs, local news outlets, sports trackers, and even government portals. The posts you’ll find here cover stories where speed, uptime, and security matter — from a last-minute goal that breaks Twitter to a court ruling that floods a news site with traffic. Every time a story goes viral, Cloudflare is quietly holding the line.
