Popular social media platform Twitter has undergone a number of changes since Elon Must took ownership last year. Among these...
Reports
The CABC’s team of data analysts use various tools to track conversations daily on social media, and analyse the rich and useful data to monitor if there is any polarising, divisive rhetoric and narratives that are a threat to our society and to also track social trends.
Analysis of social media conversations also supports projects to conduct their work. Current projects include countering xenophobia, digital narrative manipulation, countering misogyny and weekly “peak of the week” reports.
All the public reports on our analysis can be found below
heCareZA Social Media Analytics Report 3
This report aims to generate a deeper understanding of gender discrimination through an analysis of public social media. In it,...
Xenophobia Social Media Analytics Report 2
This social media analytics report focused on xenophobic conversations in South Africa covering the period 01 March 2023 – 31...
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...
heCareZa Social Media Analytics Report 1
This report details the interactions between men and women on South African Twitter between 20 November 2022 and 31 January...
Xenophobia – Social Media Analytics Report 1
This social media analytics report focused on xenophobic conversations in South Africa covering the period 01 January 2023 – 31...
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...
Working for Democracy
#Nationalshutdown trended on Twitter in January. It was primarily used as a tool to gain public support to stand up...
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...
ANC Elective Conference – Presidential Candidates on Social Media
The 55th ANC elective conference is only a few days away. In view of this, researchers at the CABC zoomed...
Periodic Report 5
Our researchers focused on three thematic areas; namely the ANC Elective Conference, the Constitution, and Corruption. A significant part of...
Working for Democracy: #PhalaPhalaFarmGate: Manufacturing Dissent
This report is a deep dive into the sustained prominence of #PhalaPhalaFarmGate within South Africa’s online democracy conversation. For the...
Archived Content
heCareZa Social Media Analytics Report 1
This report details the interactions between men and women on South African Twitter between 20 November 2022 and 31 January...
Book review – Disinformation in the Global South – Written by Yossabel Chetty
Written by Yossabel Chetty One thing that the COVID-19 pandemic has made clear is that we are under a serious...
Xenophobia in South Africa 2022 research report
In the first half of 2022, the extent of xenophobic content related to South Africa on social media increased. The...
Analyzing online narratives in real-time
Social media has undoubtedly become society’s primary source of entertainment, communication, and information. Monthly active Facebook users in Afrika total...
amaBhungane Analysis: Who is behind South Africa’s xenophobic nationalism?
Evidence gathered for amaBhungane suggests that if South Africa descends into xenophobic violence, it will be disproportionately due to the...
Daily Maverick ONLINE NARRATIVES: Posts about the death of Elvis Nyathi stoke the flames of xenophobia
Online narratives that surfaced following the death of Zimbabwean Elvis Nyathi in Diepsloot appear to have been manipulated to sow...
The Diepsloot 7 Report
Between 7 and 8 April 2022, The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change was alerted to an online narrative that...
DAILY MAVERICK: #OperationDudula — the many faces of Nhlanhla Lux Dlamini
While fears of an escalation of social tensions and violence grow in many communities, the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural...
Law enforcement officers placed on high alert amid shutdown rumours – SABC News
National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure has confirmed that law enforcement agencies are on high alert following rumours of a...
Law enforcement officers increased vigilance in rumors of shutdown-SABC News – Eminetra South Africa
The National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure confirmed that law enforcement agencies are becoming more vigilant following rumors of a...