Ahead of the municipal elections on 1 November, the CABC has been tracking conversations on Twitter. According to their analysis, the ANC and the EFF are the only two parties to receive mentions within the top 50 words used in the IEC/elections narrative.
has been tracking conversations on Twitter to get an idea of main themes and emerging trends. According to their analysis, the ANC and the EFF are the only two parties to receive mentions within the top 50 words used in the IEC/elections narrative.
With political parties in full campaign mode and several manifesto launches slated for the week and weekend ahead, the IEC remains preoccupied with ensuring the management and administration of credible, free and fair elections. But it is worth wondering about the extent to which they themselves have cast a pall of doubt over the credibility, freeness and fairness of the elections.
The analysis and interpretations are not exhaustive, or generalisable to the population. Though some of it is speculative, it nevertheless indicates and illustrates sentiment and is of interest to a variety of electoral stakeholders and the broader public.Between July and September this year, conversations within the IEC/elections narrative received almost 200 000 mentions, with more than 42 000 unique authors contributing to the conversation.
This"teachable" moment was also used to suggest that if Zambia was able to hold elections then there was no reason South Africa could not. Ostensibly this was a counter-narrative to Justice Moseneke’s findings that free and fair elections would not be possible and a clap-back to the IEC’s constitutional court application for a postponement and to the parties that supported it.
Incidentally, the Court found this to be in order, showing that narratives crafted by politicians on Twitter can gather momentum but be inconsistent with the real legal and political situation as it exists in reality. Between July and September, a total of 25 882 mentions were verified by the crowd.
Sharing the 26 July peak with the mistrust in government category, mistrust in the IEC also peaked on: 6 September, following the IEC announcement that candidates’ lists would be reopened. This is of special concern, since the continued assault on the reputation and credibility of the IEC by political parties drives public sentiment, often without merit.
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