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Bizcommunity: 62% increase in volume of mentions in online anti-immigrant conversations on X in SA
A Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change report found the volume of mentions in online anti-immigrant conversations on X in SA increased Read full article
SMILE FM The Honest Truth Euston Witbooi speaks about how anti immigrant sentiment
SMILE FM The Honest Truth Euston Witbooi speaks about how anti immigrant sentiment, May 4, 2023 Listen to the full interview
SowetanLIVE Parly awaits bill on quotas for hiring foreigners
As the ANC in Gauteng rallies for quotas on hiring of foreign nationals, the portfolio committee on labour says it is yet to consider a draft bill introduced publicly last year seeking to amend the law to limit the employment of immigrants Read full article
Daily Maverick Climate change: A crisis and an opportunity for Africa
While climate change presents as a dire threat to Africa and its peoples, it is also a critical opportunity for transitioning African societies to more sustainable and prosocial outcomes, without undergoing the industrialisation trajectory of the Global North. Read full article
Daily Maverick: Joburg fire disaster being used to fan flames of xenophobia ahead of 2024 elections
Scapegoating and disinformation about the fire spread rapidly. Various politicians blamed illegal immigrants and civil society organisations who had no involvement whatsoever with the building. Read full article
news24: X Premium, South African law and what it means for you
A subscription-based service formerly known as BluTwittere, and now called X Premium, was introduced to allow anyone, not just celebrities and influencers, to have a verified account at a cost of R145 a month. Read full article
IOL: Hashtags showing anti-immigrant sentiment likely artificially manipulated – research finds
Johannesburg – In a new report, the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) found that the online conversations using the hashtags #Xenophobia, #PatrioticSpace, #VoetsekANC, and #PutSouthAfricaFirst were likely artificially manipulated. Read full article
Webinar: Centre for Analytics & Behavioural Change (CABC) & the Enhancing Accountability Technical Assistance Facility (TAF)
The Centre for Analytics & Behavioural Change (CABC) & the Enhancing Accountability Technical Assistance Facility (TAF) present key findings from research conducted around online conversations about corruption in South Africa. View the webinar
OPINION | Camaren Peter: A tale of two countries – how SA’s psyche delineates along two dimensions
Camaren Peter reflects on the cases on two women – Lauren Dickason and Bongeko Buso – and how the two are products of a historically and currently unspeakably unequal system, occupying different ends of the spectrum. In this guest essay he considers how a ‘tale of two countries’ characterises the South African societal psyche and …
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