Calls for another shutdown Listen to the full interview
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Hlokwa La Tsela (A.M.) – Thobela FM
NatJOINTS on high alert following threats to shut down the country Listen to the full interview
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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 national shutdown on Monday. Read full article
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City Press | Failed insurrection has deep roots in social media narrative manipulation
Social media was used as an amplification tool, with images and videos used out of context to manipulate the public, deceiving people to believe that past events were taking place in the present. Read full article
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12 Twitter accounts found to be instigators of violence during SA unrest -CapeTalk
Lester Kiewit talks to Stuart Jones at CABC as well as Twitter user and commentator Lukanyo Vangqa who denies his involvement. Read full article
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THE AFTERMATH: Suspended ANC members Carl Niehaus and Andile Lungisa on WhatsApp group for planning riots and looting
A WhatsApp group has emerged as the focal point for the eight days of riots and looting that claimed more than 300 lives and ripped R50bn out of a struggling economy. Read full article
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Twitter accounts that instigated mayhem and unrest in SA – The Clement Manyathela Show
Jesse Cann, Research Project Lead from The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change in UCT, spoke to Clement about the 12 Twitter accounts that became central to the instigation that caused mayhem and destruction as they spearheaded the call to release Jacob Zuma from prison. Listen to the full interview
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Meet the instigators: The Twitter accounts of the RET forces network that incited violence and demanded Zuma’s release
In less than a month, 12 Twitter accounts became central to the instigation that caused mayhem and destruction as they spearheaded the call to release Jacob Zuma from prison. Read full article
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Daily Maverick OPINIONISTA: Transitional trauma: The born-free generation can create the future that moves us beyond our past
The youth of South Africa may have envisioned a very different reality for their country from what they have witnessed this past week. They need to appreciate that the painful past we carry is not going to heal itself and that the baton has now been passed to them. Read full article