Tweets Analysis - Keyword: SANDF
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
3,594
Earliest tweet was on
2023-02-01
Latest tweet was on
2023-02-11
Tweets covering
9 days
Average age of authors' accounts
7 years
Summarization
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has recovered several stolen vehicles, and South African Flight Engineer Sgt. Vusi Mabena was tragically killed while on a peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Personnel have also intercepted suspicious vehicles, recovered multiple stolen livestock, found a Zimbabwean suspect with a suspected stolen cable, and have arrested over 3000 undocumented nationals. They have been offered opportunities to carry out naval exercises with the United States, but declined in order to exercise with China and Russia. They are currently sending military equipment to Richards Bay to carry out the Armed Forces day event.
Topic Modeling
- South African National Defence Force (SANDF)
- Peacekeeping Operations
- Border Security
- Government Events & Activities
- Military Exercises & Equipment
Emotional Analysis
The emotions expressed in these tweets range from grief and sorrow at the death of Sgt. Vusi Mabena to pride and admiration for the SANDF's success in recovering stolen vehicles and livestock. There is also a sense of anger and frustration with the government and a lack of trust in the media. There is also a sense of cynicism towards the SANDF's involvement in foreign conflicts and a feeling of hopelessness at the lack of progress in the fight against corruption. Finally, there is a sense of anticipation and excitement for the upcoming Armed Forces Day event.
Trend Analysis
- Military operations of SANDF
- Questioning role and interest of SANDF
- SANDF successes and respect
- Financial benefits associated with SANDF
- International partnerships and cooperation
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
580
Percentage of total tweets
16%
Number of Original tweets
651
Percentage of total tweets
18%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
3,003
Percentage of total tweets
83%
Number of tweets that were Replies
2,215
Percentage of total tweets
61%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
204
Percentage of total tweets
5%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
723
Percentage of total tweets
20%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter for Android | 2080 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 703 |
| Twitter Web App | 684 |
| Echobox | 25 |
| Twitter for iPad | 21 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| News24 | News24 | South Africa's premier online news resource. Follow @TeamNews24 for all the action from our journalists 🇿🇦 SA's most trusted news source - Reuters Institute | 5,274,540 |
| eNCA | eNCA | eNCA is SA’s top ranked trusted TV news channel. *Source: Reuters Digital News Report 2022. Find us on Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Online | #DStv403 | 3,892,020 |
| KFC_jp | ケンタッキーフライドチキン🍗 | KFC公式アカウントです🍗 新商品の情報や、キャンペーン、KFCにまつわる裏話などをツイートしております。 | 2,599,743 |
| AdvoBarryRoux | Man’s NOT Barry Roux | Voice Of The Voiceless/ Black Twitter CiC/ Sunday School Drop Out/ I Stand With The Dejected/ PARODY/ NOT AFFILIATED WITH Oscar Pistorius' Lawyer Adv BARRY ROUX | 2,014,541 |
| TimesLIVE | Times LIVE | News, analysis and opinion from the TimesLIVE and Sunday Times newsroom. Follow @TLPremium for SA's best in-depth journalism for our subscribers. | 1,962,243 |
| ewnupdates | Eyewitness News | INSIDE THE TRUTH | 1,556,795 |
| robertmarawa | robertmarawa | LIVE ON: @947 @VumaFM @RiseFM943 and @SowetanLive!!! 4 Unique Platforms!! #MSW | 1,403,664 |
| newvisionwire | The New Vision | Breaking News, Current Events and News Analysis from Uganda's Leading Daily. #VisionUpdates #EPaper - https://t.co/mOOnfaXPgY | 1,267,572 |
| SowetanLIVE | Sowetan LIVE | It’s what you know that determines how far you can go. Visit https://t.co/NoRJRDKVtJ to know more. #KnowYourPlace | 1,147,921 |
| SABreakingNews | SA Breaking News | All the latest breaking news from across South Africa in one stream. info@sabreakingnews.co.za | 943,605 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| africaupdates | Africa Updates | Africa News, Africa Business, Africa Tech, Africa Sports & Entertainment. Subscribe to our YouTube: https://t.co/0HUbhrGNn9 | 154,035 |
| danielmarven | Daniel Marven | CEO of @KESharpCo | https://t.co/Vuhxh1hasD | Tel 0150010898 | Info@kesharp.co.za | construction, Civil works | Residential, commercial, industrial construction | 142,607 |
| TsakkyM | ___Tsakky N’wa-Mkhacani | Meme collector. Retweet(or) of note. Seasoned GIF reply(ist). Urbanized village girl. God loves me. Positive Vibes ONLY. | 101,730 |
| Nathimlotshwa | Nkosinathi Mlotshwa | Don't be depressed if your day was not good remember tomorrow is a new day and things can always get better. | 79,223 |
| Munaka_Wamani | Mopani Worms 🐛 | Products :Mopani worms . 📞:0727624228/0815724879 📌 :Pretoria 🚚 :Nationwide courier (Postnet or Paxi) | 75,279 |
| kingbeemap | KINGBEE♠️ | An avid health enthusiast.I HAVE A PASSION FOR GROWING SMALL ACCOUNTS You got yourself an organic follower in me I DO FOLLOW back permanently ♠️ | 57,032 |
| tbletlape | Dr TB Letlape | An Academic with PhD, Entrepreneur- Accounting and Business Administration, Pastor, Professional Counsellor & Public Speaker. Events and Catering Specialists. | 52,912 |
| GeorgeServed | just George 🇺🇦 | exGOP'15•Navy-ret•🚀•Physicist/Lasers•Tech futurist•Geopolitical strategist•❤️☮️•Hate racism•1🌍•Traveler•Writer•Singer•Analyzer of all things•Mensan•INTP•🐍m🐥 | 50,490 |
| SfisoMemela | 🇿🇦S'fiso Memela🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦 | Zulu Kingdom it's where I was born.I am South African PATRIOTIC BEING. | 47,384 |
| pmcafrica | Peché Africa 🇿🇦 | laughter, cars and football ⚽️ ✌️ | 45,780 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| SANDF_ZA | The SA National Defence Force is subdivided into four services namely the Army, Air Force, Navy and Military Health Service. (Official Twitter Account). | 155 |
| NG_SandF | 演出兼CGデザイナー。小2娘+年中息子。オタクだよ。洋楽も好き。（Punk/Emo/ Hardcore/Metal/Rock） | 32 |
| FsTebza | Easy going person, politics, music and sport ( Kaizer Chiefs, R. Madrid, Man UTD ) Show me one politician who is clean and I will show u Jesus .. 🤷🤷 | 18 |
| jiggsauce | Passionate about the arts, science, and philosophy. Illegitimi non Carborundum. | 18 |
| loviesmodise | I prefer a dangerous freedom than peaceful slavery. ✊ | 13 |
| darren_olivier | Director at African Defence Review (@africandefence). DM for Signal. Follows don’t mean approval. | 12 |
| AdamSnook16 | . | 12 |
| AscendingSun_ | wait? you and I had a disagreement and you chose to check out my AVI to spice up the argument | 11 |
| ozoneblue67 | Hope, it is the quintessential human delusion, simultaneously the source of your greatest strength, and your greatest weakness. | 11 |
| KurisaDigital | Company registrations. Sars Compliance services. Branding services. Website Design. | 11 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1620796048250908672 | Members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) have recovered every other three stolen motors that criminals have been intent on taking out of the country. --- READ MORE: https://t.co/8hcmk3YxJg = https://t.co/mpbF5J2Ofp | 1061 |
| 1621195169814007808 | SANDF Soldiers intercepted multiple vehicles about to illegally cross the SA Border to Mozambique. The occupants of these suspicious vehicles took a bold decision and opened fire at SANDF and were immediately overwhelmed and outmatched by the soldiers as they returned fire 🔥🔥 https://t.co/MpIAaRncCZ | 814 |
| 1623539318911565824 | On Sunday Sgt Vusi Mabena, a helicopter Flight Engineer from Pretoria, was tragically killed when his aircraft was hit by in the DRC. Mabena was a commander in the aviation site of SADF and was in DRC on peace keeping in that country. Who’s interest are SANDF dying for in DRC? https://t.co/tDrulxBL5x | 533 |
| 1623795718774292482 | No journalist has questioned WHY SANDF was INSIDE parliament. They are blind today because the constitutional delinquent is not Zuma but Ramaphosa the LIAR and THIEF. Journalism is dead in SA. https://t.co/ocKy5Mt1dz | 489 |
| 1622517128346710017 | It’s always unfortunate when South Africans don’t know about government events that take place annually across the country. This is the @SANDF_ZA convoy of assets making their way to the Armed Forces Day event which takes place on the 21st in Richards Bay. https://t.co/3UPRT9ljxO | 442 |
| 1623275591632842752 | Mjolo wa today ke SANDF. https://t.co/elRZxn8hrN | 403 |
| 1624036815437979648 | SAPS UNITS AND THEIR LEVEL OF RISK & TRAINING 1. The Special Task Force (STF) ● High Risk THEY ARE NOT SOLDIERS OR SANDF https://t.co/T5JM352wYk | 385 |
| 1622702763007438848 | SANDF Soldiers deployed at the South Africa and Lesotho border recovered multiple stolen livestock during operation Corona : 13 x cattle, 74 sheep and 13 x goats. These operations yielded major successes such as the arrest of 3028 illegal undocumented foreign nationals... https://t.co/otjMEKQ649 | 385 |
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| 1623605112361914369 | The South African National Defense Force (SANDF) personnel searched the premises and were able to find and capture a suspect, a Zimbabwean national, who was in possession of a suspected stolen cable that was around 34 metres long. https://t.co/9rdaSToi34 | 289 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1620796048250908672 | Members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) have recovered every other three stolen motors that criminals have been intent on taking out of the country. --- READ MORE: https://t.co/8hcmk3YxJg = https://t.co/mpbF5J2Ofp | 8025 |
| 1623539318911565824 | On Sunday Sgt Vusi Mabena, a helicopter Flight Engineer from Pretoria, was tragically killed when his aircraft was hit by in the DRC. Mabena was a commander in the aviation site of SADF and was in DRC on peace keeping in that country. Who’s interest are SANDF dying for in DRC? https://t.co/tDrulxBL5x | 2843 |
| 1621195169814007808 | SANDF Soldiers intercepted multiple vehicles about to illegally cross the SA Border to Mozambique. The occupants of these suspicious vehicles took a bold decision and opened fire at SANDF and were immediately overwhelmed and outmatched by the soldiers as they returned fire 🔥🔥 https://t.co/MpIAaRncCZ | 2464 |
| 1623795718774292482 | No journalist has questioned WHY SANDF was INSIDE parliament. They are blind today because the constitutional delinquent is not Zuma but Ramaphosa the LIAR and THIEF. Journalism is dead in SA. https://t.co/ocKy5Mt1dz | 2131 |
| 1622517128346710017 | It’s always unfortunate when South Africans don’t know about government events that take place annually across the country. This is the @SANDF_ZA convoy of assets making their way to the Armed Forces Day event which takes place on the 21st in Richards Bay. https://t.co/3UPRT9ljxO | 1547 |
| 1622527981414408193 | @VeteransZA @SANDF_ZA Your useless lecture about "unfortunate" holds no water!! I lost interest in govt activities the day government became corrupt and self-serving!! Clean up ur act and ur image and we will show interest once again. A simple question was asked "What's cooking..??" Enjoy the 21st✌🏾 | 1503 |
| 1623275591632842752 | Mjolo wa today ke SANDF. https://t.co/elRZxn8hrN | 1477 |
| 1622702763007438848 | SANDF Soldiers deployed at the South Africa and Lesotho border recovered multiple stolen livestock during operation Corona : 13 x cattle, 74 sheep and 13 x goats. These operations yielded major successes such as the arrest of 3028 illegal undocumented foreign nationals... https://t.co/otjMEKQ649 | 1150 |
| 1624036815437979648 | SAPS UNITS AND THEIR LEVEL OF RISK & TRAINING 1. The Special Task Force (STF) ● High Risk THEY ARE NOT SOLDIERS OR SANDF https://t.co/T5JM352wYk | 986 |
| 1620799565048971264 | SA Tourism is at final stage to sponsor R1 billion to Tottenham Hotspurs. ANC government doesn't take us serious. SANDF military coup is now the only solution to forcefully remove ANC from power. 2024 is far. Lindiwe Sisulu https://t.co/P5uo3eZfFh | 650 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #sandf | 365 |
| #sona2023 | 204 |
| #stateofthenationaddress2023 | 75 |
| #armedforcesday2023 | 68 |
| #sizokthola | 27 |
| #xrepo | 26 |
| #turnitup | 25 |
| #saairforce | 23 |
| #jointoperationsdivision | 21 |
| #southafrica | 20 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @sandf_za | 1866 |
| @veteransza | 894 |
| @robertmarawa | 306 |
| @naledimpungose_ | 235 |
| @sapoliceservice | 194 |
| @cyrilramaphosa | 86 |
| @abramjee | 67 |
| @un | 63 |
| @presidencyza | 61 |
| @homeaffairssa | 55 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
48
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 🤣 | 305 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
| 😂 | 297 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
| 😭 | 69 | loudly_crying_face |
| 🤔 | 48 | thinking_face |
| 🇿🇦 | 46 | South_Africa |
| 👇 | 35 | backhand_index_pointing_down |
| 🙏 | 33 | folded_hands |
| 👏 | 31 | clapping_hands |
| 💯 | 29 | hundred_points |
| 🙄 | 28 | face_with_rolling_eyes |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Smileys & Emotion | 1168 |
| People & Body | 318 |
| Symbols | 84 |
| Flags | 79 |
| Objects | 40 |
| Travel & Places | 38 |
| Animals & Nature | 13 |
| Activities | 9 |
| Food & Drink | 7 |