This periodic report is the second of a series of biweekly reports that will track and summarise the key current narratives within South Africa’s online democracy conversation. This report’s date range is between 23 June and 10 July 2022. The main themes identified over the period include increasing growth in negative sentiment towards President Cyril Ramaphosa as evidenced by the popularity of #cyrilramaphosmustgo and #sorryjacobzuma related to the Phala Phala farm heist and the announcement of stage 6 loadshedding which many viewed as a tipping point and subsequently turned to social media to express their concerns and disappointment in Eskom and the government at large.

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