The National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure confirmed that law enforcement agencies are becoming more vigilant following rumors of a national closure on Monday. This was after a similar campaign last month caused widespread anxiety in KwaZulu-Natal and Houten, claiming the lives of more than 350 people and the loss of billions of rands. Unconfirmed…...
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
The Centre for Analytics and Behavioural Change (CABC) has uncovered traces of the RET forces network that participated in and aided the amplification of online incitement of violence that claimed hundreds of lives and brought thousands of businesses to their knees in the week of 11 July 2021. Download Report (PDF)
Lester Kiewit talks to Stuart Jones at CABC as well as Twitter user and commentator Lukanyo Vangqa who denies his involvement. Read full article
The Morning Review with Lester Kiewit on Cape Talk with Stuart Jones Listen to the full interview
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
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
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
Associate Professor Camaren Peter, Executive Director of the CABC interrogates traditional and social media’s role in reporting, analysing and fueling the unrest with Heather Robertson, editor of Daily Maverick 168 and Herman Wasserman Senior Research Associate of the CABC. Listen to the full interview
Associate Professor Camaren Peter, Executive Director of the CABC interrogates traditional and social media’s role in reporting, analysing and fueling the unrest with Heather Robertson, editor of Daily Maverick 168 and Herman Wasserman Senior Research Associate of the CABC. Listen to the full interview
