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National Shutdown Deep Dive Report
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National Shutdown Deep Dive Report

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...

Daily Maverick OPINIONISTA: We the people have the power to forge the democracy we want — but it will require an active citizenry
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Daily Maverick OPINIONISTA: We the people have the power to forge the democracy we want — but it will require an active citizenry

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

Daily Maverick OPINIONISTA: We the people have the power to forge the democracy we want — but it will require an active citizenry
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Daily Maverick OPINIONISTA: We the people have the power to forge the democracy we want — but it will require an active citizenry

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 

Anti-corruption project Online conversations about  corruption in South Africa
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Anti-corruption project Online conversations about corruption in South Africa

South Africa’s energy crisis have once again placed our country’s leadership in the spotlight. While some are questioning how we got to this point, others have expressed a lack of trust in the current leadership’s ability to solve these crises. Fuelling this mistrust are concerns around corruption, dubbed as the reason behind the depleting state...

Working for Democracy
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Working for Democracy

#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
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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...