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 27 July 2020. Conversation about racism, xenophobia, inequality and identity gained significant traction on social media yesterday. Download Report (PDF) Protesting jobs Over the weekend,...
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. Ineffective Leadership in South Africa On...
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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 23 July 2020 Download Report (PDF) COVID Corruption The top three topics yesterday were “Cyril Ramaphosa”, “R500 Billion” and “Mr. President”. Discussions about the R500...
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 22 July 2020. Debate over the Black Lives Matter movement was rivalled by growing dissatisfaction over the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic yesterday. Building...
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 21 July 2020. Global trends impacting on South Africa are also included. Download Report (PDF) Succumbing The devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic trended yesterday...
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. It’s baaaaaack…..Load Shedding! Load shedding has...
This 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 20 July 2020. Global trends affecting South Africa are also covered. Download Reports (PDF) Oppressed women Conversations about the oppression of black women trended on Twitter...
Stuart Jones says there was lot of talk around Covid with potential flashpoints looming. Listen to full interview
The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) is based at the Centre for Values Based Leadership at UCT’s Graduate School of Business. The Centre uses social media (SoMe) dialogue and analytics to unearth emerging fractures in social cohesion in South Africa during the COVID-19 crisis. The CABC also provides analysis on other issues through...
