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10 World Cup stars you have to follow on Twitter

Brace yourselves, because the 2018 FIFA World Cup is now firmly upon us, and social media. And it’s set to remain this way for…

Twitter kills three apps, adorns others with new features

A slew of Twitter’s swanky primary app features are finally hitting Twitter Lite, Twitter for Windows, and the mobile website. This week, the company’s…

Twitter goof potentially exposes all 336m user passwords

As if Twitter users didn’t have enough to think about this week (thanks Kanye), it sprung an even bigger surprise on its users late…

Twitter now highlights and groups trending links in your timeline

Twitter’s has a subtle feature that now makes big news stories more prominent on the social network’s timeline. Uncovered by Buzzfeed, prominent tweets that…

Q1 2018: Twitter now has 336m monthly active users

No this isn’t a dream. Twitter gained a significant wad of monthly active users for the first time in a year. Publishing its earnings…

How Cyril Ramaphosa’s Twitter account rose with his political status

On 15 December 2017, then-Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa had 19 600 Twitter followers. Two months later, and bearing the shiny new title of ANC…

Trump revises travel ban, social media remains divided

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order reinstating a ban on the citizens of six Muslim-majority countries, this time removing Iraq from…

#HandsOffSocialMedia: South Africa responds to social media regulations

In a press briefing yesterday, Minister of State Security David Mahlobo hinted at the possibility of social media regulation in an attempt to counter…

#Xenophobia: what Twitter can tell us

South Africa has been hit anew with a spate of xenophobic attacks, and it is clear that until something substantial is done, foreigners will…

You can now mute ‘egg’ Twitter accounts and more

Twitter is really, really trying. The company announced yesterday that it is rolling out even more features to help users filter out what they don’t…

Pretoria’s #TruckProtest disrupts city’s traffic (and not in a good way)

Update, 11.38am: Truck drivers in Pretoria engaged in the strike have seemingly left their trucks, and have boarded taxis and bakkies on their way…

#BlackCoffeeftYoza: Twitter user scores collab with Black Coffee

Yesterday was Yoza Mnyanda’s crown birthday and she decided to shoot her shot. Mnyanda — a recent University of Cape Town film grad and…

Taking to the tweets: South Africa’s relationship with protests and Twitter

Just recently EFF leader Julius Malema criticised South Africa’s Twitter activists for thinking the platform was enough to effect change. But South Africans are…

Budget Speech 2017: South Africa protests on the streets & Twitter

Today, South Africa’s minister of finance Pravin Gordhan will deliver his annual Budget Speech to the nation. Although proceedings officially get underway at 2pm…

#AskThePublicProtector: South Africans troll Busisiwe Mkhwebane on Twitter

The South African government should know by now: Twitter does not take anything seriously. So when it created #AskThePublicProtector, it should have come as no…

#DeleteUber 2.0: ex-Uber engineer details sexual harassment

Less than a month after users boycotted Uber due to CEO Travis Kalanick’s ties to US President Donald Trump, a former employee has sparked new outrage…

Tropical Cyclone Dineo in pictures: devastation captured on Twitter, Instagram

UPDATE: 17 Feb, 1.17pm: The Middle Letaba Dam in Limpopo is reportedly 102% full. Community members have been alerted. #Dineo Water and sanitation department says…

Julius Malema criticises South Africa’s Twitter activists

At an EFF press conference this afternoon, party leader Julius Malema denounced the actions of South Africans who see Twitter as the highest form…

Kale Salad: the Twitter account honouring meme creators

Tired of seeing the Dory accounts and Common White Girls of the world get thousands of retweets for stolen content? You’re not alone! Plenty…

China’s Weibo is now worth more than Twitter

Twitter is just not having a good end to the decade. After disappointing Q4 2016 financial results marred the platform’s active role in the…

#Tsotsi and #ThePeoplesBae: Twitter’s highlights of #SONA2017

If there’s one thing South Africans can be proud of, it’s our resilience. After last night’s chaotic #SONA2017, or more formally the State of…

Dear White People: this is what happens when racists tweet their emails

Timothy Treadstone, known as Baked Alaska on the internet, is such an avid Trump supporter that he had his face and slogan tattooed to…

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