Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change Over the years, the South African online anti-immigrant narrative has drawn on several topics and issues to substantiate calls for immigrants to return to their home countries. Among these are that immigrants were responsible for crime, unemployment, and the depletion of public services, including hospitals, schools, and prisons. The …
This factsheet concerns conversation surrounding the alleged rape of a 7 year old minor child and analysed social media data from March to April 2025. The report examines the prominent topics in the conversation such as alleged suspects as well as the trivialization of abuse. Read full report
This report examines online conversation about tfgbv in South Africa on X (formerly Twitter). Focus areas include the non-consensual sharing of intimate images/videos, cyberbullying, trolling and doxxing and defamation. The report looks at conversation volume, key metrics as well as topical events that drive the conversation online. Read full report
Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change Racial tensions on social media are flaring up, as minority groups call on US President Donald Trump to support them in making South Africa great “again”. Among the beliefs shared by the crowd of about 1,500 Afrikaans-speaking people who gathered outside the American Embassy in Pretoria on 15 February, …
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This factsheet provides a summary of the CABC’s analysis of the online conversation about land expropriation in South Africa on X (formerly Twitter) and TikTok. Information contained in this factsheet is derived from our ‘Online conversation about the Expropriation Act’ report released on 14 February. Read full report
This report unpacks the online conversation about land expropriation in South Africa on X (formerly twitter) and TikTok. Focus areas include the narratives for and against expropriation and the misinformation used to justify certain viewpoints. The report divides authors within the conversation into two categories, those contributing a high number of mentions predominantly through reposts, …
Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change Meta’s decision to remove fact-checkers from its platforms and replace them with user-generated community notes has sparked concerns around mis and disinformation online. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced last week that the company sought to encourage free expression and reduce censorship on its platforms. He also accused third-party fact-checkers of …
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Kyle Janse On the 30th of November 2022, a free-to-use generative artificial intelligence chatbot, namely ChatGPT, was launched and made available worldwide. The chatbot, seemingly all-knowing, took the world by storm, and shortly thereafter, the variety of its uses was explored and perpetuated in society. However, the inherent dangers of the bot were similarly exposed, …
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The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international campaign that kicks off on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December, Human Rights Day. Read full article
Online disinformation thrives on divisive issues like unemployment, inequality and crime in South Africa. In this article, researcher Molebogeng Mokoka explores common disinformation tactics and their use on social media. Read full article
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