Chris Botha @chrisbotha
Data. Analysis. Social Media. Politics. Africa. Cape Town, South Africa Joined March 2009-
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[Thread] 1. The two jabs — #JohnsonandJohnson and #Pfizer — that SA will (so far) use in its national #CovidVaccine roll-out have now both been approved for use by our regulator, @SAHPRA1. So what now — when will you get your jab?
This has been a long road for those of us who advocated for party funding transparency. It’s 16 years since Idasa brought its case in the Western Cape high court against the 5 largest political parties demanding disclosure of donations. Building democracy, ‘marathon not sprint’.
This has been a long road for those of us who advocated for party funding transparency. It’s 16 years since Idasa brought its case in the Western Cape high court against the 5 largest political parties demanding disclosure of donations. Building democracy, ‘marathon not sprint’.
Excellent piece ft.com/content/171c92…
What the News24 app knows about you. Quite a lot for an app that simply delivers the news…
The 16 mm fisheye lens, though infrequently used by @Space_Station astronauts, allowed for this view encompassing landscapes from two continents—the Nile Delta in #Africa and the Sinai Peninsula and the Levant in southwest #Asia. 🐟 👁️ earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/147993/…
On the very spot where Martin Luther King delivered his I Have a Dream speech.....
On the very spot where Martin Luther King delivered his I Have a Dream speech.....
The decision to allow religious gatherings is utterly irrational. People have lost their jobs and livelihoods, children missed 2 months of school, our mental health has suffered in lonely lockdowns.
So we can't see friends or family. Can't smoke. But hey, let those who want to, sing and talk with their congregation and friends in large groups. Because religion. There can be no further claims that the actions of government are informed by science. For shame.
Spot-on @MatthewdAncona
What to Expect When a Coronavirus Vaccine Finally Arrives nytimes.com/2020/05/20/opi…
Our @LLopezGonzalez will be live-tweeting tonight's meeting with @DrZweliMkhize & #Covid19SA modellers. What does the future hold for #CoronavirusInSA? Stay tuned. Mkhize: There are a lot of modellers out there. Some do it academically, some we engage.
Here you are in 2020 watching a 1952 interview with Russell, born in 1872, who talks about how his grandfather visited Napoleon on Elba in 1814. Puts human history in a different perspective.
Peter Daszak is a British-born American PhD who’s spent a career discovering dangerous viruses in wildlife, especially bats. In 2003, he warned 60 Minutes a pandemic was coming. Two weeks ago, NIH funding for his virology research was killed. cbsn.ws/2yJKELw
Will COVID-19 do for social life what AIDS did for sexual life? thetimes.co.uk/edition/commen…
On a chilly, foggy morning 26 years ago, I got a letter in the post. I couldn’t open it for about five minutes. I just held it in my hands and looked at it. And when I did open it the only word I saw was “Congratulations….”
Zoom has had a great couple of weeks. Enjoy your video calls today y’all. Source: buff.ly/2W9fDtm
Mary and the Names that Defined Our Generations. 100 years worth of names per generation in the US. Source: buff.ly/2VJJffu
Good news - VA Public Health has certified my wife and me as no longer contagious with COVID19. Recovering!
More detail on South Africa: Earlier this week @davidpilling & I looked at how its deaths are *down* on usual levels ft.com/content/e9cf5e… It’s a case of the upside of lockdown: • Deaths from natural causes unchanged • But deaths from homicides & road accidents down sharply
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Kyle Mason @kyleauto
278 Followers 731 Following Corporate Relations Insight @Shell. Motoring enthusiast. Personal account, views are mine.
DataConfZa @DataConfZA
32 Followers 25 Following DataConfZA is a South African data conference for the data community covering all areas of the data ecosystem.
Neil Schreuder @Neil_Schreuder
577 Followers 602 Following Big on ideas, small on self-written bio's.
Greg @GregMarinovich
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Petra Masinova @MasinovaPetra
751 Followers 742 Following #Communication #Media professional, #sommelier #winelover, lecturer, CEO in #mediaintelligence #technology business, now Czechwoman discovering #France
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Cape Independence Adv.. @LetsFreeTheCape
11K Followers 8K Following Political pressure group striving for a better future for ALL WC citizens. Politics and ideology divide WC from SA. Their union denies WC functional democracy.
Aldo Vietri @aldovietri
478 Followers 3K Following Research & Measurement Manager, Edelman DXI. I hate having to write. I love having written.
Jack Murray @mediamurray
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Data School @SUDataSchool
407 Followers 103 Following School for Data Science and Computational Thinking (aka Data School) Stellenbosch University
Albane Flamant @AlbaneFlamant
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BritBox South Africa @BritBox_ZA
640 Followers 374 Following The streaming home of great British telly in South Africa 🇿🇦 https://t.co/YOU6AjAkfM
Andre Vlok @vlok_andre
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The Alliance of Socia.. @ASD_SouthAfrica
2K Followers 509 Following We’re a progressive social justice, redress & equity organisation. We provide empirical researched content for civic education, policy advocacy & training.
TVwithThinus @TVwithThinus
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The Society Library �.. @SocietyLibrary
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The Institute of Heal.. @IHRMSA
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chris_norton @chris_norton
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670 Followers 509 Following Comms planning & impact. Portsmouth FC. Internet nonsense. In no particular order.
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461 Followers 2K Following Solly Moeng & Gauta Komane host robust, fearlessly independent commentary, uncluttering the confusing political and other doublespeak that weaken our democracy.
Tina McCorkindale @tmccorkindale
4K Followers 3K Following President & CEO of @InstituteforPR, mom, professor, hiker, & frequent flyer. ❤️ 📚, 🎼, 🏃🏼♀️ ⚽️, & ⛷, @olreign, & @soundersFC. 🍕and 🍺 are my ❤️ language.
Dr Wendy L Schultz @wendyinfutures
6K Followers 3K Following Futurist: Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Hawai'i, Texas, England -- track change, explore possibilities, envision sustainable success. Director, Infinite Futures
Isifingo Consulting S.. @IsifingoS
767 Followers 2K Following At Isifingo (which means “Dawn” in IsiXhosa) we use our expertise in Cloud Data Strategy and Data Analytics to provide solutions for businesses and individuals
Stephen Langtry @StephenLangtry
7K Followers 5K Following Programme Coordinator: BA and Core Curriculum @Cornerstone_CPT | MA Creative Writing @UCT_news | Chairperson: https://t.co/wFbRrj54rn | he/him/his
Miss__happy @Misshap00784615
5 Followers 106 Following I assure when you trade your cash you will not blame your self.....I promise you when you see it is real you will love to trade more ok
Ronald Richman @RichmanRonald
3K Followers 5K Following Avid actuary but prefers #rstats to Excel. Interested in the application of deep learning to actuarial issues.
Keet van Zyl @KeetvZ
11K Followers 4K Following VC Investor • Here Be Dragons • @KnifeCap Co-founder • Business Builder • Entrepreneurship Activist • Knowledge + Networks + Funding • Skilfully Lucky!
Just Share @JustShareSA
2K Followers 2K Following Investor power for a fairer South Africa #ResponsibleInvesting #ShareholderActivism #ESG
Lamin @Lamin99538965
53 Followers 1K Following I am here looking for friends. an I would love to be friendly with everyone as well.
forex donaldson @Princev25031809
141 Followers 823 Following Account manager🇱🇷🇿🇦🇬🇧 Sure profits💷💰after 7 days Makes £60k in less than 30days Start investment with £2000 24 hours trading platform 100% winning
Andrew Fraser @Arfness
9K Followers 2K Following Marketing strategy from interrogation, analysis, & visualisation. OSINT meddling. @[email protected] @arfness.bsky.social
Tom Moultrie (@tom-mo.. @tomtom_m
11K Followers 271 Following Professor of demography at UCT; cricket; politics. Analyst of South African Covid testing data and excess deaths (2020-) Also at: @tom-moultrie.bsky.social
Michael Jordaan @MichaelJordaan
239K Followers 424 Following 20 ventures like challenger @BankZeroSA, leading 5G telco @rainSouthAfrica and some AI stuff. Wine amateur and lazy mountainbiker
FinancialMail @FinancialMail
141K Followers 318 Following The Financial Mail is a weekly South African magazine aimed at bringing you insightful, in-depth & hard-hitting business news.
Bellingcat Monitoring.. @BcatMonitoring
22K Followers 8 Following @Bellingcat project monitoring far-right and anti-equality movements, with an emphasis on digital organization and activism.
Reuben Goldberg @RubyGold
16K Followers 6K Following neurodivergent journalist 8 reader learner listener talker late to the spectrum 🇿🇦🫧 #ClimateCrisis = #FoodCrisis #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsAirborne
Tow Center @TowCenter
21K Followers 1K Following The Tow Center hosts a variety of diverse research projects that explore innovation at the intersection of journalism and technology. @[email protected]
Inside Politics @insidepols
2K Followers 1 Following Analysis of and commentary on South African politics. Edited by: @GvanOnselen
Oresti Patricios @Orestaki
3K Followers 1K Following Love branding, marketing, economics and having fun. A free market believer so that we can build Africa into a competitive continent. @ornicomedia
Erica Fields @EricaFields
232 Followers 496 Following EVP of Insight & Analytics at WE Communications. Mother, daughter, sister. Lover of life. Thoughts are my own.
Eduardo Suárez @eduardosuarez
34K Followers 7K Following Head of Editorial @risj_oxford. Affiliations: @bonaveroIHR @sciencemedia_es. Co-founder @politibot @elespanolcom. PremioGabo https://t.co/b1Lzdf0Deo
Socially Unacceptable @SociallyUA
2K Followers 2K Following Top 10 Marketing Podcast 🏆 🎙celebrating PR & marketing mistakes with hosts @chris_norton & @WillOckenden & expert marketers sharing their unique strategies 🚀
Pieter Du Toit @PieterDuToit
61K Followers 2K Following Assistant Editor: Investigations, News24 • Author of The ANC Billionaires (2022) and The Stellenbosch Mafia (2019) • Co-author of Enemy of the People (2017)
The CricViz Analyst @cricvizanalyst
103K Followers 372 Following Analysis and stats from @CricViz - The world's leading cricket data and analytics provider.
Eleven Named People @_ElevenPeople
6K Followers 2K Following This account mostly on the politics of sports is inspired by Eric Hobsbawm: "The imagined community of millions seems more real as a team of 11 named people."
Elle Cordova @ellerhymes
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Ant Cousins @icommunis
546 Followers 543 Following Technology leader with a passion for AI, Comms, social media and online trust. CEO @ Factmata. Views my own.
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1.1M Followers 127 Following Exploring my curiosity and sharing what I learn along the way. Gave up a grand slam on ESPN in 2012 and still waiting for it to land.
Jarrod Kimber @ajarrodkimber
84K Followers 3K Following Australian who shouts. About cricket mostly. 🎥 YouTube, 🎙Red Inker, and 📖 emailer.
Nicholas A. Christaki.. @NAChristakis
196K Followers 684 Following Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale. Physician. Author of Apollo's Arrow; Blueprint; and Connected. Luckily wed @ErikaChristakis
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4K Followers 3K Following When they said life begins at 40, I didn't know they meant from scratch...
Network Contagion Res.. @ncri_io
11K Followers 185 Following NCRI is a neutral and independent organization whose mission is to identify and forecast cyber-social threats and report on them in a timely fashion.
Stanley Pignal @spignal
48K Followers 2K Following Charlemagne columnist & Brussels bureau chief, The Economist. Past stints in Paris, Mumbai, London. Français. Personal feed. Bio 👇. [email protected]
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784K Followers 8K Following Author, https://t.co/sGeOrrfY95 / Special correspondent, @VanityFair / Host, "Inside the Hive" / Producer, @TheMorningShow / Stay-at-home dad / bstelter@gmail
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211K Followers 552 Following Professor @Wharton studying AI, innovation & startups. Democratizing education using tech Book: https://t.co/CSmipbJ2jV Substack: https://t.co/UIBhxu4bgq
King Luan Snyders @KingLuanSnyders
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Obakeng Ice-T Maje @IceT_
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5K Followers 2K Following LLM (International Law); Masters in Management (MM); Public servant; human rights activist. The latter two not in contradiction.
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642 Followers 335 Following The tellers of great stories. The makers of #ChasingTheSun
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Dr N. Brodie נחמה @brodiegal
16K Followers 3K Following Don’t feed the hate machine. Mostly not here. 🦋🐘
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Benjamin Strick @BenDoBrown
59K Followers 2K Following Investigations Director @Cen4infoRes. Past BBC & @Bellingcat. Tutorials: https://t.co/jwll4Af0ax. OSINT/GEOINT. Views my own.
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66K Followers 2K Following NYT bestseller FOUR THOUSAND WEEKS. Meaningful productivity, embracing limitation, and finally getting around to what counts. Sign up for The Imperfectionist👇
James Fallows @JamesFallows
183K Followers 2K Following Former blue-check person. On Substack: 'Breaking the News' https://t.co/JazeKA9uCl On Bluesky 'jfallows' / Threads 'jamesmfallows'
Motshidisi E. Mohono @MotshidisiM
85K Followers 2K Following Award-winning Sport Broadcaster. Anchor/Presenter at @SuperSportTV | @LaureusSport Ambassador | @Betway_za Partner | Bookings - [email protected]
El Diario, Dennik N, Daily Maverick, MediaPart, Zetland are rough contemporaries of BuzzFeed & Vice that do impressive journalism and run a sustainable business, and did not go for VC-funded hockey-stick high-risk/reward US Americans should sometimes look for inspiration abroad?
So many of these media businesses would have survived if their management hadn’t been driven by panic and hype around technology. They sought tech company growth curves, but those tech companies were burning VC money to defy gravity. Journalism is viable with rational management.
Devastated to hear of the death of my good friend Eusebius McKaiser. He did so much to bring independent critical thinking to our public debate. I will miss him a great deal. Condolences to his family and partner Nduduzo timeslive.co.za/news/2023-05-3…
One of my favourite card tricks! (Stay till the end for a bonus trick shot🤪)
Nobel Peace Prize winner @mariaressa says social media has “come in and used free speech to stifle free speech.” #Colbert
A tour of the #Dragonsback chamber at #Risingstar 1/2
Very excited that I can finally tell you about this. I made a @BBCTwo pilot. It's called Martin Fishback.
Fergus Craig is bringing his middle class dad character, Martin Fishback, to TV. A pilot is due to air on BBC2 on 9th February: bit.ly/3ufxEYa
Here's a useful compendium of Roger LeCarre videos. x.com/i/events/12783…
@FergusCraig Fergus, is there a thread of all the Roger lLeCarre videos that we can send to relatives who have received your book for Christmas and are coming into this "cold" and might appreciate the audiovisual "hand"?
Everyone has an Archbishop Tutu story. This is mine. In August 1990, he made his first journey to a First Nations community in northern Canada. I went with him. (Thread)
Hey @MailOnline I don't mind you (or anyone) reproducing my tweets, which are publicly available, but turning a Twitter thread into an *opinion piece* without my permission goes a bit far dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…
Today, Denmark lifted all restrictions & COVID-19 is no longer deemed a "societal threat". I led the country's largest behavioral covid-project (@HopeProject_dk) & advised the Danish gov. Here are my thoughts on how DK got here, what can be learned & what lies ahead. 🧵 (1/14)
In other words anyone who thought that so-called loadshedding (scheduled power cuts) was about infrastructure is a fool because it really is not
#PowerAlert1 In order to allow parliament to pass the Appropriation Bill, Stage 2 loadshedding will be suspended from 12:00 to 17:00 today @News24 @SABCNews @NewzroomAfrika @eNCA @IOL @ewnupdates @SundayTimesZA @SowetanLIVE @dailysunsa
Animated map shows human migration throughout history. Nice touch to have the map display relief data. I like how at 9 seconds humans hit the Himalayas and wisely decided to head eastwards. Source: buff.ly/3wvw4iX
South Africa. Justice Albie Sachs. 🖤🤎🔊 20 May 2021. #PeoplesVaccine #VaccinesSaveLives
Recorded Music Industry Revenue from 1977-2020 (H/t PieChartPirate)
The Simpsons secret to writing: Create an imperfect world, then improve it.
Spare a thought tonight for @UCT_news, and our library with its African Studies and rare books collection, burnt.
This young man rocketed away from Earth, orbited once & parachuted himself to safety, 60 years ago today. I salute you, Yuri Gagarin.
The toll of B.1.1.7 in Europe has been profound, as can be seen by exceptional #dataviz by @Josh_H @atmccann @benjmueller nytimes.com/interactive/20…
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