The IDIDTHAT Craft Awards for August were judged by CCO of FCB Africa, Tseliso Rangaka and Owner of Produce Sound, Louis Enslin. Congratulations to Cindy Lee from The Star Film Company and Paul Ward from Giant Films. We’re clapping wildly in the flickering light of our Stage 4 candles in your honour. Read full article
Poverty-stricken communities in the Free State are victims of tenderpreneur Edwin Sodi’s greed and theft of millions that was supposed to go toward removing and replacing toxic asbestos rooves Here’s a rundown of this week’s arrests after a combined investigation by the Hawks, the National Prosecuting Authority and the Special Investigating Unit. Read the full...
SA has one of the most carbon intensive economies in the world and it’s threatening our exports and will weaken an already fragile manufacturing sector. The clock is ticking and the transition to clean, green, renewable energy needs to be a priority for government and corporates, because if clean air and reducing the climate crisis...
It appears, according to a report, that social media discussions on xenophobia are being manipulated, and that around 80 dormant accounts sprung to life around 27 April Read full article
More investigations revealed that about $60,000 (R1 million) was invested in sponsoring xenophobic sentiments against Africans in South Africa – targeting chiefly Nigerians and South Africans. The social media is laden with comments about why South Africa (the government primarily) often chooses to sacrifice Africans living in their country on the altar of their own...
There is evidence of an active, co-ordinated attempt to manipulate social media conversations on xenophobia in South African, according to a new report. Read full article
The Lerato Pillay Twitter account and the #PutSouthAfricaFirst hashtag is the kindling to a deadly social media fire aimed at foreign nationals in South Africa. 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 on 24 August 2020. Download full report
This is a summary of the trending, highest impact, and most active themes and narratives related to social cohesion and division in South African public-domain social media conversations from 21 to 23 August 2020. Download full report
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. #VoetsekANC transcends racial lines The hashtag...
