For the period of 10 June – 16 June the Protest Query run by CABC returned: 14 197 mentions. 6 382 unique authors were involved in the conversation. Using that query 27 separate protests were identified as having occurred in the past week within South Africa. This document provides some analysis and commentary on those...
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Civil Unrest Report: 10 June – 16 June
This is a summary of the protests that occurred over the period of: 10 June – 16 June Summary of the Week: 27 protests were recorded. Discussion of motive 12 – Unknown Motive 6 – service delivery (5 of 6 related to electricity) 1 – Housing 5 – COVID-19 (4 related to public services, 1 to cigarettes) 2 – Black...
24 Hour Trend Report | 15 June 2020
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 12 to 14 June 2020. Global trends affecting South Africa are also featured. Download Report (PDF) Femicide crisis Gender-Based Violence continued to dominate social media...
24 Hour Trend Report | 12 June 2020
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 11 June 2020. Global trends affecting South Africa are also featured. Victims of violence The primary theme in social media over the past 24 hours...
24 Hour Trend Report | 11 June 2020
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 10 June 2020. Global trends affecting South Africa are also featured. Naming and shaming Conversations about Gender Based Violence continued to trend on social media...
24 Hour Trend Report | 10 June 2020
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 9 June 2020. Global trends affecting South Africa are also featured. Raising race The number one topic by volume yesterday was “people”. Within that topic,...
24 Hour Trend Report | 9 June 2020
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 8 June 2020. What matters most Many of today’s top 10 topics by volume related to support for the Black Lives Matter movement. The top...
Civil Unrest Report Commentary: 03 June – 09 June
For the period of 03 June – 09 June the Protest Query run by CABC returned:18 610 mentions. 9 956 unique authors were involved in the conversation. Using that query 28 separate protests were identified as having occurred in the past week within South Africa. This document provides some analysis and commentary on those protests,...
Civil Unrest Report: 03 – 09 June 2020
For the period of 03 June – 09 June the Civil Unrest Query run by CABC returned:18610 mentions. 9 956 unique authors were involved in the conversation. Using that query 28 separate protests were identified as having occurred in the past week within South Africa. This document provides some analysis and commentary on those protests,...
24 Hour Trend Report | 8 June 2020
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 5 to 7 June 2020. Standing up together As the Black Lives Matter movement and worldwide protests continue to dominate social media conversations, more business...