WeekendArgus - Tweet Data Analysis
Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @WeekendArgus
Published March 9, 2023
Overview
Tweets covering
9 days
Latest tweet was on
2023-02-18
Earliest tweet was on
2023-02-09
Total number of tweets analysed
34
Average age of authors' accounts
9 years
Summarization
Kannaland Municipality is being criticized for a multimillion-rand contract to a consulting firm whose reports were found to be "useless". Meanwhile, the DA's Ricardo Mackenzie is tipped to become W Cape MEC for Mobility. In Khayelitsha ward 98, the ANC held a houses handover with Councilor Anele Gabuza and Sub Council Chairperson Delmaine Cottee. The topic of a child rapist mayor and the decision by Cyril Ramaphosa not to grant AKA a Provincial Special Official Funeral were also discussed, as was the attitude of students who want freebies versus those who work in holidays to pay off debts.
Topic Modeling
- Kannaland Municipality Contract Awarding & Reports
- ANC Ward Councilor & Sub Council Chairperson Handover Ceremonies
- MultiChoice Case & Labour Court Outcomes
- Cyril Ramaphosa & AKA Provincial Special Official Funeral
- Student Attitudes & SRC Responsibilities
Emotional Analysis
The tweets express a range of emotions, from anger and frustration at the awarding of an irregular contract to a consulting firm, to amusement at the situation, to sadness at the death of a South African icon, to disappointment at the behavior of some students. There is also a sense of hopelessness and despair about the state of the country and its government, as well as a feeling of disbelief and indignation at the apparent lack of action taken to address the situation.
Trend Analysis
- Irregular multimillion-rand contracts in Kannaland Municipality.
- Ricardo Mackenzie being tapped as Western Cape MEC for Mobility.
- Phase 2 of Harare Housing Project.
- Poor governance and vote-wisely attitude.
- AKA not being granted a Provincial Special Official Funeral.
- Students demanding for freebies.
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Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
11
32% of total
Number of Original tweets
7
20% of total
Number of tweets that were Quotes
0
0% of total
Number of tweets that were Replies
16
47% of total
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
2
5% of total
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
34
100% of total
Devices Used to Tweet
Top 5 Devices
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter for Android | 19 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 10 |
| Twitter Web App | 3 |
| Twitter for iPad | 2 |
Device Distribution
Top 10 Accounts by Followers
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| VusiSambo | Vusi Sambo | Clever Black|Professional Scientist|Wits👨🏽🎓👨🏽🎓 & Tuks 🎓|Political discourse & current affairs nut|🥰🇿🇦🏴☠️🏌🏽📚📰|What if E≠mc²?🤷🏽♂️|Sarcasm🚨 | 44,092 |
| DavidMaynier | David Maynier | Minister of Education | Western Cape Government | Western Cape Province | South Africa | 30,316 |
| StelliesSRC | Stellenbosch SRC | Stellenbosch University Student Representative Council official account. 📞:0218082491. ✉: sr@sun.ac.za. RTs are not endorsements. Cover 📷: Franna Lombard | 8,637 |
| shufflesdu | Sdu | psychologist+ | 7,400 |
| Constitution_94 | Constitution First 🇿🇦 | Socio-econ. rights are non negotiable. The Constitution of RSA comes before anything else. Democratic centralism = glorified tyranny. Debate issues, not people! | 5,927 |
| brandonn_journo | Brandon | Journo ✌🏻@WeekendArgus @IOL. Views are my own and retweets are not endorsements. | 3,113 |
| GavinBruyns | Chef Gavin Bruyns | Working for Oakberry South Africa.Master Franchise ManagerShop 202B 196 Main RD Sea PointTell: (021) 433 1056 Pre - OrdersEvents: management@oakberry.co.za | 1,547 |
| DelmaineCottee | Delmaine Cottee | ANC Councillor in City of Cape Town. ANC whip for Utility Services and councillor at Bonteheuwel Sub Council | 1,115 |
| KeneiloeLevuno | Neo | An excellent teacher and stuff… | 886 |
| Kusturib | Kusturi | CHRIST IN US THE HOPE OF GLORY! IN YOU WE LIVE, WE MOVE AND HAVE OUR BEING!Luv cooking, baking & having fun basically anything interesting to read or know abt! | 649 |
Top 10 Accounts by Friends
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| VusiSambo | Vusi Sambo | Clever Black|Professional Scientist|Wits👨🏽🎓👨🏽🎓 & Tuks 🎓|Political discourse & current affairs nut|🥰🇿🇦🏴☠️🏌🏽📚📰|What if E≠mc²?🤷🏽♂️|Sarcasm🚨 | 40,179 |
| shufflesdu | Sdu | psychologist+ | 7,276 |
| DelmaineCottee | Delmaine Cottee | ANC Councillor in City of Cape Town. ANC whip for Utility Services and councillor at Bonteheuwel Sub Council | 5,002 |
| GavinBruyns | Chef Gavin Bruyns | Working for Oakberry South Africa.Master Franchise ManagerShop 202B 196 Main RD Sea PointTell: (021) 433 1056 Pre - OrdersEvents: management@oakberry.co.za | 5,001 |
| brandonn_journo | Brandon | Journo ✌🏻@WeekendArgus @IOL. Views are my own and retweets are not endorsements. | 2,283 |
| Johannesnkale | @JesseNkale | Entrepreneur-Founder & CEO of Kasi Hive, Top 10 Finalist of the Hackjozi 2015 R5M Challenge, 1st place Winner AgricHack CTA 2015-2016, MD of http://townshipnews | 2,223 |
| DavidMaynier | David Maynier | Minister of Education | Western Cape Government | Western Cape Province | South Africa | 1,561 |
| Kusturib | Kusturi | CHRIST IN US THE HOPE OF GLORY! IN YOU WE LIVE, WE MOVE AND HAVE OUR BEING!Luv cooking, baking & having fun basically anything interesting to read or know abt! | 1,118 |
| RoscoeJacobs | Roscoe Jacobs | PR Manager @CapeTownTigers Press Convenor @crisis_movement. | 766 |
| Constitution_94 | Constitution First 🇿🇦 | Socio-econ. rights are non negotiable. The Constitution of RSA comes before anything else. Democratic centralism = glorified tyranny. Debate issues, not people! | 602 |
Most Active Users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| shufflesdu | psychologist+ | 3 |
| DelmaineCottee | ANC Councillor in City of Cape Town. ANC whip for Utility Services and councillor at Bonteheuwel Sub Council | 3 |
| docbug64 | - | 3 |
| donovan_poole | - | 2 |
| brandonn_journo | Journo ✌🏻@WeekendArgus @IOL. Views are my own and retweets are not endorsements. | 2 |
| Johannesnkale | Entrepreneur-Founder & CEO of Kasi Hive, Top 10 Finalist of the Hackjozi 2015 R5M Challenge, 1st place Winner AgricHack CTA 2015-2016, MD of http://townshipnews | 2 |
| _JS_Bond_ | - | 2 |
| Constitution_94 | Socio-econ. rights are non negotiable. The Constitution of RSA comes before anything else. Democratic centralism = glorified tyranny. Debate issues, not people! | 2 |
| RoscoeJacobs | PR Manager @CapeTownTigers Press Convenor @crisis_movement. | 1 |
| patrickdelport | - | 1 |
Tweets Per Day
Top 10 Tweets by Retweets
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1624675261961719810 | Kannaland Municipality is once again facing the heat, this time over the awarding of an irregular multimillion-rand contract to a consulting firm whose reports have since been deemed “useless”. @WeekendArgus … | 20 |
| 1625452285684862979 | DA’s Ricardo Mackenzie tipped to become W Cape MEC for Mobility. @WeekendArgus @IOLhttps://t.co/d9T01Cp8xI | 1 |
| 1627034025218162688 | @WeekendArgus May she RIP 🙏 | 0 |
| 1625045133157625858 | @shufflesdu @WeekendArgus Makayekwe pha phakathi uphopho, udla usupper yamahala!! https://t.co/vaz6vpHCUp | 0 |
| 1624705559571070977 | @brandonn_journo @IanCameron23 @WeekendArgus @IOL R1000 says that eventually the path will lead back to the child rapist mayor. | 0 |
| 1624717260437823488 | @brandonn_journo @IanCameron23 @WeekendArgus @IOL Can’t fix stupid! | 0 |
| 1624722607009415172 | @brandonn_journo @IanCameron23 @WeekendArgus @IOL Just look at that face. | 0 |
| 1624722656334422016 | @brandonn_journo @IanCameron23 @WeekendArgus @IOL You knew this and allowed it | 0 |
| 1624753029730672640 | @brandonn_journo @IanCameron23 @WeekendArgus @IOL I hate to think where we could/should have been as a country if we had a decent government. We could have been a jewel of the … | 0 |
| 1624798037582180358 | @WeekendArgus Waste of subscribers money | 0 |
Top 10 Tweets by Likes
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1624675261961719810 | Kannaland Municipality is once again facing the heat, this time over the awarding of an irregular multimillion-rand contract to a consulting firm whose reports have since been deemed “useless”. @WeekendArgus … | 36 |
| 1625452285684862979 | DA’s Ricardo Mackenzie tipped to become W Cape MEC for Mobility. @WeekendArgus @IOLhttps://t.co/d9T01Cp8xI | 11 |
| 1625704890302431232 | Harare Housing Project phase 2, handover with ANC Ward Councilor Anele Gabuza and Sub Council Chairperson Delmaine Cottee. @camerondugmore @CapeTimesSA @eNCA @SABCNews @TheCapeArgus @WeekendArgus @ErnestSonnenbe1 @Heart1049FM @ANCParliament @ancdullahomar1 @ANCDullahOmar https://t.co/zmjLxsVQUq | 3 |
| 1625045158134677505 | @shufflesdu @WeekendArgus 🤣🤣🤣 | 1 |
| 1625810107123568641 | @donovan_poole @brandonn_journo @WeekendArgus @IOL My husband also won against multichoice they referred the case to labour court we still waiting for the date | 1 |
| 1625748248538370049 | @brandonn_journo @WeekendArgus @IOL Its still not over though, these cases may have been won at CCMA but Labour Court has the final say. As far as I know, there is … | 1 |
| 1625706024958058497 | Harare Housing Project phase 2, handover with ANC 98 Ward Councilor Anele Gabuza and Sub Council Chairperson Delmaine Cottee. @eNCA @camerondugmore @sotashe @alvinbotes @MbalulaFikile @PresidencyZA @ANCParliament @CyrilRamaphosa @eNCA @WeekendArgus @Bazoya_Buzz … | 1 |
| 1625703303580381186 | Houses handover in Khayelitsha ward 98 with ANC Ward Councilor Anele Gabuza and Sub Council Chairperson Delmaine Cottee and in Harare Phase 2 housing development. @NEWS @eNCA @SABCNews @TheCapeArgus @WeekendArgus … | 1 |
| 1625045133157625858 | @shufflesdu @WeekendArgus Makayekwe pha phakathi uphopho, udla usupper yamahala!! https://t.co/vaz6vpHCUp | 1 |
| 1624954412723470336 | @WeekendArgus @Constitution_94 | 1 |
Top Languages Used
Top 10 Hashtags
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #iamaka | 1 |
| #aka | 1 |
Top 10 Mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @weekendargus | 34 |
| @brandonn_journo | 12 |
| @iol | 8 |
| @enca | 5 |
| @iancameron23 | 5 |
| @iolhttps | 4 |
| @sabcnews | 3 |
| @ancparliament | 3 |
| @capetimessa | 3 |
| @cyrilramaphosa | 2 |
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emoji Analysis
Average emojis per tweet:
11
Emojis Used
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 🤣 | 3 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
| 🙏 | 1 | folded_hands |
Emoji Groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Smileys & Emotion | 3 |
| People & Body | 1 |
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