In this episode Coalan discusses his journey into the ‘far right’, as well as his decision to leave. Coalan worked with a number of the leading figures in the alt-right media space, including Lauren Southern, Alex Jones, Mike Cernovich, Milo Yiannopoulos, Roger Stone, Tommy Robinson and Stefan Molyneux. The content that he created resulted in...
Further assets worth more than R100m belonging to fraud and corruption accused businessman Edwin Sodi have been seized. Read the latest on this story by The Sowetan’s Kgothatso Madisa.
In an era of post-truth “alternative facts”, smoke and mirrors tactics have become the new currency of political gamesmanship Read full article
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 for the week ending 3 December 2020. Read full article
The key threat to democracy today is not ideological, in the sense that opposing or alternative ideologies threaten to replace democracy. Rather, it is how the politics of the base can be exploited to undermine democratic processes and institutions, and skew democratic outcomes. Read full article
Those responsible for state capture have a vested interest in keeping the public confused – and complacent. In an era of post truth, “alternative facts”, smoke and mirrors tactics have become the new currency of political gamesmanship” writes Camaren Peter, associate professor at UCT’s Graduate School of Business and Director and Executive Head at the...
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 for the week ending 19 November 2020. This is a summary of the trending, highest impact and most active themes and their narratives related to social...
Now this right could be threatened with a new police bill that criminalises certain conduct in respect of gathering. This is important because any bill that does not align with our Constitution threatens the very thing our democracy is built on: our freedom. Read the full story here:
They did not leave SA through Waterkloof airforce base as some reports suggest. It’s clear now they fled SA for Malawi through one of the borders after allegedly bribing Home Affairs officials. Bushiri has given an address stating he is in Malawi and claims he is a law abiding citizen who feels South African officials...
The Independent Electoral Commission has been investigating electronic voting for a while now. Submissions on the amendment bill on this issue raised concerns about the security of electronic voting as well as the additional costs that such a system will incur. Read the full story here.
