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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
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Study blows lid on xenophobic Twitter network run by ‘uLerato Pillay’
Over a decade after the first wave of widespread xenophobic attacks happened in South Africa, the country is still fraught…
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Social media ‘guns for hire’ – Xenophobic rhetoric intended to manipulate SA
It appears, according to a report, that social media discussions on xenophobia are being manipulated, and that around 80 dormant…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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ru.ac.za – Media and journalism academics gather to learn to code and future-proof the curriculum
It was a week in which academics wrote poems with ChatGPT and learned computational methods to collect data from thousands…
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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…
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SA’s challenges fuel online anti-foreign sentiment | The Citizen
Camo-clad men attacked a Zimbabwean delivery man and threatened Pakistani shops in Kempton Park over the weekend. Read full artical
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Blame ANC, not migrants for ills – Mashaba | The Citizen
ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba emphasises complex socio-economic challenges and criticises corruption, mismanagement, and the breakdown in border policing. Read…
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Daily Maverick – No matter what Elon Musk tweets about farm murders, two wrongs don’t make a white genocide
Elon Musk’s posts about a ‘white genocide’ and claims that white farmers are killed every day have no basis and…
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Report highlights prominence of xenophobia
The report mainly focuses on social media and the role it plays in xenophobic attacks. A recent report released by…
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Independent Philanthropy Association of South Africa: What philanthropists need to know about the future impact of big data and social media. Camaren Peter
What philanthropists need to know about the future impact of big data and social media on their work and on…
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Tracking fake news: You are not as street smart as you may think
The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) has expressed concern over narrative manipulation in private social media platforms such…
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ANALYSIS | Ebrahim Fakir and Molebogeng Mokoka: Twitterverse’s view on the municipal elections
Ahead of the municipal elections on 1 November, the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) has been tracking conversations…
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ANALYSIS |Ebrahim Fakir and Molebogeng Mokoka | Elections 2021: There’s a f(r)action too much f(r)iction
As we head closer to the municipal elections expected to take place on 1 November, the trend of mis- and…
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Monitoring and analyzing social media conversations
Monitoring and analyzing social media conversations. Yossabel Chetty of the Center of Analytics & Behavioral Change joins us on iAfrikan BYTES…
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CABC short film receives international recognition
Press release April 13 2020 CABC short film receives international recognition A new Public Service Announcement which uses cutting edge…
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Tracking the cracks in Covid-19 lockdown
MEDIA RELEASE 09 April 2020 ISSUED BY: Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change / #careZA A unique peek into how South…
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We are not at war with Covid-19
The rhetoric of war, and the unfortunate term ‘lockdown’ are even more misplaced in this crisis because it takes people…
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How technology is making it easier to manipulate people
Never before in human history has the ability to manipulate people been as easy and widespread as it is now….
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