There is a coordinated attempt to manipulate conversations with a xenophobic tone on South African social media platforms, analysts from the Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) at the University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB) have found. Key narratives around xenophobia are being curated and amplified by a dedicated network...
A surge in xenophobic rhetoric on Twitter has been observed, and the #PutSouthAfricansFirst tag is believed to be at the centre of it. Read full article
UCT’s Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change has found evidence of attempts to manipulate conversations with a xenophobic tone on South African social media platforms. Read full article
While Africa applauded the first announcement of a remedy for Covid-19, the West was sceptical. Developed countries joined the World Health Organisation in demanding scientific evidence that Madagascar’s herbal mixture actually worked. Read full article
No other continent has suffered the level of racism and prejudice that Africa has, write Cameren Peter and Shivani Ghai, and it continues to this day. Read full article
This is a summary of the trending, highest impact, and most active themes and narratives identified in South African social media conversations in the past week. Read full article
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
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
