Misogyny Reports

heCareZA heCareZA Social Media Analytics Report 4

This social media analytics report focuses on misogynistic conversations in South Africa covering the month of June 2023. We present a comprehensive overview of the volume, engagement, and key themes that emerged during the reporting period. While the conversation remained stable overall, we observed a notable peak towards the end of the month. We explored …

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HeCareZa Social Media Analytics: Report 3

This social media analytics report focused on xenophobic conversations in South Africa covering the period 01 March 2023 – 31 March 2023. The report found that the dominance of the Economic Freedom Fighter’s national shutdown protest within the conversation speaks to the extent to which the conversation about immigrants in South Africa is increasingly being …

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HeCareZa Social media analytics: Report 2

This  report details the interactions between men and women on South African Twitter between 1 February – 28 February 2023.The report aims to generate a deeper understanding of gender discrimination through an analysis of conversations on public social media. Two focus areas – fatherhood and gender-based violence and misogyny – were identified and used to …

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HeCareZa Social media analytics: Report 1

This  report details the interactions between men and women on South African Twitter between 20 November 2022 and 31 January 2023.The report aims to generate a deeper understanding of gender discrimination through an analysis of conversations on public social media.Two focus areas – fatherhood and gender-based violence and misogyny – were identified and used to …

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The week in social media | 10 – 14 Aug

Every day we observe, dissect and analyse the news and information driving the conversations around the week’s most topical issues on social media. These are the highlights you should know about. Remember we quote tweets verbatim so any grammar or spelling mistakes are as they appear in the tweet. From Black Like Me to a …

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24 hour trend report

This is a summary of the trending, highest impact, and most active themes and their narratives related to social cohesion and division in South African public-domain social media conversations on 8 July 2020. Global trends impacting on South Africa are also included. Download Report (PDF) Going public As South Africa’s COVID-19 caseload rises, more people …

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24 hour trend report

This is a summary of the trending, highest impact, and most active themes and their narratives related to social cohesion and division in South African public-domain social media conversations on 7 July 2020. Global trends impacting on South Africa are also included. Download Report (PDF) Inciting discord A recently opened Twitter account – which has …

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24 hour trend report

This is a summary of the trending, highest impact, and most active themes and their narratives related to social cohesion and division in South African public-domain social media conversations from 3 to 5 July 2020. Global trends impacting on South Africa are also included. Download Report (PDF) Government inaction Last week businessman Vusi Thembekwayo posted …

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