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How the conversation about the employment of immigrants at SA universities is being amplified online

Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change Over the years, the South African online anti-immigrant narrative has drawn on several topics…

‘Make South Africa Great Again’ — Tracking the ‘movement’ online

Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change Racial tensions on social media are flaring up, as minority groups call on US…

Free expression? Meta’s decision to scrap fact-checkers poses risks

Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change Meta’s decision to remove fact-checkers from its platforms and replace them with user-generated community…

Legal Ethics, Education and AI: Where do we generate the line?

Kyle Janse On the 30th of November 2022, a free-to-use generative artificial intelligence chatbot, namely ChatGPT, was launched and made…

CABC does battle in online war between fact and fiction

CABC does battle in online war between fact and fiction The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) is…

Pan-African News Wire| South Africa: Who’s Behind 16 Days of Activism Online?

The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international campaign that kicks off on 25 November, the…

The South African: Are there snippets of the disinformation playbook in SA?

Online disinformation thrives on divisive issues like unemployment, inequality and crime in South Africa. In this article, researcher Molebogeng Mokoka…

FRIDAY BRIEFING | Posioned food crisis: Is closing spaza shops the answer? | News24

The blame is being laid on spaza shops for children's deaths when there is no political will to deal with…

Gender Norms, Smile FM 25/11 With Kyle Janse

The Center for Analytics and Behavioral Change has released its latest report, Social Norms about Gender on South African Twitter.

Smile 90.4FM: Digital Activism and Disinformation

Camaren Peters joins Benito Vergotine on Smile 90.4FM to talk about Digital Activism and Disinformation. They discuss the collusion between digital activism and disinformation,…

Daily Maverick: Roman Cabanac punted nuclear deal on Rosatom freebie to Russia

Newly appointed chief of staff for the Ministry of Agriculture Roman Cabanac’s engagements with Russia are not only online. He…

Daily Maverick: What South Africans need from political leaders – Courage and commitment to peace

he May 2024 elections that caused a seismic shift in power may leave the impression that there is very little…

iono.fm: Democratic participation, civic education and the GNU

In this episode, Associate Professor Camaren Peter, Executive Director at the CABC sits down with Wellington Radu, who is the…

IOL: Miss SA beauty pageant dominates anti-immigrant conversation in July, report reveals

The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) has revealed that the online conversation about former Miss SA contestant Chidimma…

Media update: Sesame Workshop Launches ‘Bond Through Play’ Campaign

Takalani Sesame has launched its 'Bond Through Play' campaign, which aims to encourage fathers to bond with their children. The…

Fact Check: Goolammv ‘unmasking’ raises more questions than it answers

Independent Media’s alleged “unmasking” of various members of the public in hopes of revealing the identity of the person behind…

Project spotlights the critical role of Fathers in the lives of their children

By Esther Schippers Positive relationships with fathers or male caregivers and an environment free of violence are hugely valuable investments…

Unite against xenophobia

The CABC's team of analysts discovered that xenophobic narratives were on the increase after lockdown. The film, created by the…

Democratic participation, civic education and the Government (GNU )

In this episode, Associate Professor Camaren Peter, Executive Director at the CABC sits down with Wellington Radu, who is the…

Monthly Social Listening Updates & Recommendations for online conversations about immigrants in South Africa: June 2024

This report provides an overview of online conversations about immigrants in South Africa for the month of June 2024. This…

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Pillars of misinformation: A closer look at the RET network

May 15, 2021

A network of social media accounts is abusing so-called radical economic transformation (RET) policy to peddle misinformation and create racial…

City Press, Working for democracy

ANC must reclaim ethical high ground and undergo total reformation of its leadership culture if it wants us back | Daily Maverick

May 13, 2021

Under Nelson Mandela and Thabo Mbeki, the ANC government projected a leadership culture that was professional, diplomatic, disciplined and devoted…

Camaren Peter, Daily Maverick OPINIONISTA, Working for democracy

COVID-19, Politics and hesitancy

April 14, 2021

Issued by: Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change 14 September 2021 COVID-19, POLITICS AND HESITANCY The vaccine roll-out programme…

Covid 19

Local government elections wrap up report

April 13, 2021

This is the final in a series of reports produced by the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) and…

Working for democracy

Fighting disinformation & fake news

April 13, 2021

SAFM Interview on countering disinformation & fake news online.

misinformation, SaFM, Weaponisation of the news media

How bots accounts are putting lives in danger during Covid-19

March 30, 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the critical importance of having access to factual information to enable people to make informed…

Citypress, Covid 19

Vaccine mis/disinformation weekly report #17

February 3, 2021

This week’s Mis/Disinformation report looks into social media conversation driven by: newchanges in mandates, questions around vaccine effectiveness and general…

Covid 19

‘Truth offensive’ needed to counter Covid-19 vaccine misinformation, says messaging expert

January 31, 2021

From paintings by artists like Xolani Sivunda to communication campaigns launched by provincial health departments, the fight against Covid-19-related misinformation…

Covid 19, Daily Maverick

Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change: Annual Report

January 30, 2021

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Annual Report

COVID-19 Truth offensive

January 29, 2021

A painting shows a sick man inside a hand sanitiser bottle, surrounded with human skulls. The painting is the work…

Covid 19, Spotlight

Social media hype over Ivermectin is unproven and irresponsible – experts

January 21, 2021

SA's top vaccinologists, scientists and infectious diseases experts were adamant that Ivermectin would not be authorised until sufficient data proved…

Covid 19, Sowetan Live