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‘Make South Africa Great Again’ — Tracking the ‘movement’ online
Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change Racial tensions on social media are flaring up, as minority groups call on US…
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Free expression? Meta’s decision to scrap fact-checkers poses risks
Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change Meta’s decision to remove fact-checkers from its platforms and replace them with user-generated community…
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Legal Ethics, Education and AI: Where do we generate the line?
Kyle Janse On the 30th of November 2022, a free-to-use generative artificial intelligence chatbot, namely ChatGPT, was launched and made…
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CABC does battle in online war between fact and fiction
CABC does battle in online war between fact and fiction The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) is…
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Pan-African News Wire| South Africa: Who’s Behind 16 Days of Activism Online?
The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence is an annual international campaign that kicks off on 25 November, the…
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The South African: Are there snippets of the disinformation playbook in SA?
Online disinformation thrives on divisive issues like unemployment, inequality and crime in South Africa. In this article, researcher Molebogeng Mokoka…
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FRIDAY BRIEFING | Posioned food crisis: Is closing spaza shops the answer? | News24
The blame is being laid on spaza shops for children's deaths when there is no political will to deal with…
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Gender Norms, Smile FM 25/11 With Kyle Janse
The Center for Analytics and Behavioral Change has released its latest report, Social Norms about Gender on South African Twitter.
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Smile 90.4FM: Digital Activism and Disinformation
Camaren Peters joins Benito Vergotine on Smile 90.4FM to talk about Digital Activism and Disinformation. They discuss the collusion between digital activism and disinformation,…
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Daily Maverick: Roman Cabanac punted nuclear deal on Rosatom freebie to Russia
Newly appointed chief of staff for the Ministry of Agriculture Roman Cabanac’s engagements with Russia are not only online. He…
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Daily Maverick: What South Africans need from political leaders – Courage and commitment to peace
he May 2024 elections that caused a seismic shift in power may leave the impression that there is very little…
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iono.fm: Democratic participation, civic education and the GNU
In this episode, Associate Professor Camaren Peter, Executive Director at the CABC sits down with Wellington Radu, who is the…
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IOL: Miss SA beauty pageant dominates anti-immigrant conversation in July, report reveals
The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) has revealed that the online conversation about former Miss SA contestant Chidimma…
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Media update: Sesame Workshop Launches ‘Bond Through Play’ Campaign
Takalani Sesame has launched its 'Bond Through Play' campaign, which aims to encourage fathers to bond with their children. The…
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Fact Check: Goolammv ‘unmasking’ raises more questions than it answers
Independent Media’s alleged “unmasking” of various members of the public in hopes of revealing the identity of the person behind…
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Project spotlights the critical role of Fathers in the lives of their children
By Esther Schippers Positive relationships with fathers or male caregivers and an environment free of violence are hugely valuable investments…
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Unite against xenophobia
The CABC's team of analysts discovered that xenophobic narratives were on the increase after lockdown. The film, created by the…
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Democratic participation, civic education and the Government (GNU )
In this episode, Associate Professor Camaren Peter, Executive Director at the CABC sits down with Wellington Radu, who is the…
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Monthly Social Listening Updates & Recommendations for online conversations about immigrants in South Africa: June 2024
This report provides an overview of online conversations about immigrants in South Africa for the month of June 2024. This…
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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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South Africa COVID-19 and vaccine social listening report 19 November 2021, Report 27 – SA corona virus online portal
This is a weekly report of COVID & vaccine sentiment, rumours & misinformation in SA. Read full article
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South African team in global spotlight
A group of South African social activists has gained international recognition for two public campaigns against Gender Based Violence (GBV)…
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CICLOPE Africa – Winners 2021
We are happy to announce the winners for CICLOPE Africa 2021! After three rounds of judging in which the Executive Jury discussed the…
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The honest truth – Smile FM – 26 Oct 2021 allocated to: vaccine
Stuart Jones interviewed on The Honest Truth to discuss vaccine trends
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Sub-Saharan Africa: What is driving Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy?
An August 11th World Bank blog post written by an impressive group of experts in health and economics gathered a wealth of…
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Political parties unphased by moral and ethical crisis they face in public perception, report finds
A report has found that political parties appear unphased by the moral and ethical crisis they face in public perception…
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The Jet Set Breakfast the vaccine trust spectrum segmentation report
The vaccine trust spectrum segmentation report Listen to the interview
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South Africa COVID-19 and vaccine social listening report 21 October 2021, Report 23 – SA corona virus online portal
This is a weekly report of COVID & vaccine sentiment, rumours & misinformation in SA read full article
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#PutSouthAfricansFirst peddling malicious, divisive untruths about human trafficking
The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change has been tracking conversations on social media around missing persons and #HumanTrafficking This…
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Four Covid-19 vaccine myths you shouldn’t believe
A recent report by states that misleading information and untrue claims around Covid-19 vaccines drive a very dangerous narrative. Read…
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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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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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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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Breakfast with Refilwe Moloto
On today’s Wednesday Panel, Refilwe Moloto looks at the topic of narratives in politics, and how politicians choose and control…
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THE AFTERMATH : The evolution of social media influencer Sphithiphithi Evaluator
Law enforcement’s crackdown on Zamaswazi Majozi – believed to be the mastermind behind the Sphithiphithi Evaluator account – could be…
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Hawks arrest two Twitter users allegedly linked to incitement of July looting and unrest
Law enforcement appears to be closing in on some of those responsible for orchestrating the unrest and looting that gripped…
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Where is the true South African?- Praveen Naidoo
OPED: Bird of freedom reduced to ashes By Dr Nobody I doubt you’ve seen this strange byline before, and I…
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Law enforcement officers placed on high alert amid shutdown rumours
National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure has confirmed that law enforcement agencies are on high alert following rumours of a…
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Social TV: Africa Online Safety Platform launched in SA – Social TV
Impact Amplifier, with the financial support of Google.org, today launched its African Online Safety Platform (AOSP). The Africa Online Safety Platform…
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SowetanLIVE: ‘Anti-immigrants disinformation before polls a red flag’
The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) has cautioned against the growing anti-immigration sentiments and the spread of disinformation…
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iol.co.za: ANC, Jacob Zuma and uMkhonto weSizwe the most talked about online
Most of the mentions have been the fracas between the ANC and its former president with as many as 85…
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BusinessLIVE: The evolution of values-based leadership
SPONSORED | Camaren Peter of UCT's Allan Gray Centre for Values-Based Leadership explains how our understanding of leadership has changed…
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South Africa’s Online Election Talk Heats Up
South Africa's online election conversation is heating up – and key points and concerns are emerging, according to the Centre…
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