xenophobia Reports

This report provides an analysis of online discourse surrounding immigration in South Africa for the month of July 2024. Key metrics, including conversation volume and engagement, are examined to understand the evolving nature of the conversation. Additionally, the report delves into prominent topics, influential accounts, and potential trends shaping the conversation. Two key events in …

Monthly Social Listening Updates & Recommendations for online conversations about immigrants in South Africa #4 Read More »

This report, the eighth in the “Promoting Democracy and an Equitable Society” series, focuses on how governance of immigration to South Africa is reported on by news media handles on X and how this compares to the social media conversation on X about it. Read full report

This report provides an overview of conversations about immigrants in South Africa for the month of April 2024. As the country approaches elections on 29 May 2024, a concerning trend remains prevalent online: immigrants are increasingly being scapegoated for a range of socio-economic and political issues. This report looks at the conversation volume, key metrics, …

Monthly Social Listening Updates & Recommendations for online conversations about immigrants in South Africa #1 Read More »

This report is part of a series of reports funded by the European Union (EU) as part of the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change’s (CABC) programme focusing on xenophobia. The report offers a category analysis, with the combined categories of ‘police’, ‘home affairs’, ‘media’, and ‘civil society’ accounting for 13% of the overall conversation. …

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This report is part of a series under the title of Promoting Human Rights, Democracy and an Equitable Society, with the overall objective of reducing hate speech and discrimination against women, migrants and minorities. It examines xenophobia and anti-immigrant narratives that trend and become popular on social media in South Africa from 01 July to …

EU Xenophobia Report 5 Read More »

The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change’s Beyond Borders report provides a three-year overview of xenophobia in South Africa. It reveals that proponents of the anti-immigrant narrative employ tactics like mis- and disinformation, exaggerated statistics, and scapegoating of social issues onto foreign nationals to sustain their messaging and stoke xenophobia online. Some political parties have …

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The fourth instalment of our Xenophobia & Migrancy reporting series makes use of Nimmo’s Coefficient of Traffic Manipulation (CTM) to isolate and analyse narratives within the anti-immigrant conversation. 10 unique hashtags are analysed to determine the extent to which the CTM flags inauthentic conversation and to uncover how these hashtags are used to further anti-immigrant …

Xenophobia Social Media Analytics Report 4 Read More »

This social media analytics report focused on xenophobic conversations in South Africa covering the period 01 May 2023 – 01 June 2023. The report takes a more detailed look at the online behaviour of key authors (individuals and organisations) that drive the conversation. The report found that proponents with a largely negative sentiment towards foreign …

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