Popular social media platform Twitter has undergone a number of changes since Elon Must took ownership last year. Among these changes has been the introduction of Twitter Blue on 15 April 2023. This is a subscription-based service that allows users with a phone number and credit card details to sign up and receive benefits including …
In this episode of iAfrikan BYTES, we’re joined by Molebogeng Mokoka and Euston Witbooi from The Centre for Analytics and Behavioral Change to share insights and data on the National Shutdown Deep Dive Report and more. To listen to the podcast click here.
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) mobilised a protest on 20 March 2023 to demand electricity and to call for the resignation of the current President of South Africa. They called this protest a “National Shutdown” with the hopes that all South Africans would get behind their cause to remove President Ramaphosa, just like South Africans …
We limped out of the pandemic, shell-shocked and bamboozled, into a world that is overwhelming us with the ferocious velocity and volume of change that unfolds with every minute and hour of the present. We can be forgiven for getting lost in the noise of it all. Read full article
Camaren Peter argues we are seeing an emergence of both left- and right-wing populism in the South African political spectrum, with both the governing party and the opposition pandering to political narratives and superficial conspiracism that would until recently have been relegated to the dustbin of ideas. Read full article
We are all complicit — whether by fault or default — in the widescale collapse that is unfolding in South Africa today. It is our responsibility to engage in the political realm and actively shape the politics we want. In a functioning democracy, the citizenry can hold power to account. Read full article
This social media analytics report focused on corruption conversations in South Africa covering the period 01 May 2023 – 30 June 2023. The report found that the online corruption conversation can be divided into two broad camps i.e. the radical economic transformation (RET) network who do not acknowledge state capture and are ardent Jacob Zuma …
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#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
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 …
The 55th ANC elective conference is only a few days away. In view of this, researchers at the CABC zoomed in on the online campaigns of ANC presidential hopefuls – Cyril Ramaphosa, Zweli Mkhize, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and Lindiwe Sisulu.The aim of this report is to analyse the candidates’ online presence, the policy and/or character differences …
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