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Protest Narrative Deep Dive Report

#Nationalshutdown trended on Twitter in January. It was primarily used as a tool to gain public support to stand up against a tariff increase. However, it also became an opportunity to drive a political agenda. We explore this in our Calls for mobilisation report. Read full report

ANC elective conference news media coverage

The ANC is less than a week away from its national elective conference. Earlier this month, the CABC released a report that investigated the scope of conversation on Twitter around four presidential candidates; Lindiwe Sisulu, Zweli Mkhize, Cyril Ramaphosa and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. In this report, we analysed how three South African media houses reported on …

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#PhalaPhalaFarmGate: Manufacturing dissent

This report is a deep dive into the sustained prominence of #PhalaPhalaFarmGate within South Africa’s online democracy conversation. For the past 14 weeks, #PhalaPhalaFarmGate has been a top 10 trending hashtag within this conversation. Findings of this report over the period include #PhalaPhalaFarmGate being responsible for sustained anti-Ramaphosa sentiment since the beginning of June 2022 …

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Covid-19 | Demand less than supply as vaccine hesitancy soars, report reveals

Government’s plan to vaccinate as many South Africans as possible faces a setback as disinformation tactics put millions of lives at risk by blurring facts about vaccination with fictional conspiracy theories. A weekly report compiled by several organisations conducting social listening on Covid-19 vaccines found that a lack of demand was hindering the roll-out programme. …

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