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The evolution of South African politics (as seen through Twitter)

30 Jan 2017 1 Apr 2017

I’ve been researching South African politics on Twitter for several years now. As we start a new year, I thought it worth wrapping up some of the things that I’ve observed into a single post. A previous post of mine drew quite a bit of attention including a dox attack on myself and …

Comparing the party manifesto launches

4 Sep 2016 1 Apr 2017

I collected tweets mentioning each of the three major parties’ election manifesto launches. This chart simply compares the volumes generated by each manifesto launch. The EFF led the way, followed by the DA and finally the ANC in third place. [PLEASE NOTE: I originally shared this post on the 6 …