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...
There has been some debate about the merits of shutting down the economy to stem a disease with a relatively low mortality rate, while many countries in Europe and Asia had no lockdown measures. Was the lockdown necessary? Read full article
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. Zimbabwean Crisis Drivers and Suggested Solutions...
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 5 August 2020. The #zimbabweanlivesmatter movement has taken South African Twitter by storm, overshadowing many of the issues that have prevailed on social media over...
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 4 August 2020. The uproar over events in Zimbabwe continued to drive high volume conversation on South Africa social media yesterday. Twitter users took their...
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 3 August 2020. Conversations about the human rights crisis in Zimbabwe dominated social media in South Africa over the past 24 hours, trending as the...
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...
As initial unity over the pandemic fades, social media is now awash with polarising conversations. Read full article
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 31 July to 2 August 2020. Global issues affecting South Africa are also covered. #Blackisking was the highest trending hashtag in South Africa over the...
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 30 July 2020. Global trends affecting South Africa are also covered. Download Report (PDF) Cornelius Fredericks – Say his name The killing of a young...
