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24 hour trend report

This is a summary of the trending, highest impact, and most active themes and their narratives related to social cohesion and division in South African public-domain social media conversations from 7 to 10 August 2020. On Women’s Day, social media conversations reflected on many women who contributed to South Africa’s liberation as the country commemorated …

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The week in social media | 27 July – 02 August 2020

Every day we observe, dissect and analyse the news and information driving the conversations around the week’s most topical issues on social media. These are the highlights you should know about. Remember we quote tweets verbatim so any grammar or spelling mistakes are as they appear in the tweet. Tito tells it like it is …

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24 hour trend report

This is a summary of the trending, highest impact, and most active themes and their narratives related to social cohesion and division in South African public-domain social media conversations on 28 July 2020. As conversation about the funeral of ANC stalwart Andrew Mlangeni spread on social media, @akreana raised questions over Government’s double standards in …

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24 hour trend report

This is a summary of the trending, highest impact, and most active themes and their narratives related to social cohesion and division in South African public-domain social media conversations on 27 July 2020. Conversation about racism, xenophobia, inequality and identity gained significant traction on social media yesterday. Download Report (PDF) Protesting jobs Over the weekend, …

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