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News24 
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Tweet Stats
Analysed 42,000 tweets, tweets from the last 66 weeks.
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| Top Applications | Count | % |
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33,593 | 80.0% |
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4,149 | 9.9% |
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2,585 | 6.2% |
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917 | 2.2% |
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281 | 0.7% |
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198 | 0.5% |
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194 | 0.5% |
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69 | 0.2% |
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14 | 0.0% |
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| Top Tweet Types | Count | % |
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| Tweet | 40,486 | 96.4% |
| Retweet | 1,478 | 3.5% |
| Reply | 36 | 0.1% |
| Quote | 15 | 0.0% |
| Top Content Types | Count | % |
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| URL | 40,443 | 96.3% |
| Photo | 3,110 | 7.4% |
| Video | 92 | 0.2% |
| Top Domains in URLs | Count | % |
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28,155 | 95.1% |
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1,263 | 4.3% |
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97 | 0.3% |
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81 | 0.3% |
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10 | 0.0% |
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5 | 0.0% |
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2 | 0.0% |
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@Channel24 | Most Quoted Users | Count | % |
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7 | 46.7% |
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1 | 6.7% |
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1 | 6.7% |
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1 | 6.7% |
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1 | 6.7% |
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1 | 6.7% |
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1 | 6.7% |
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1 | 6.7% |
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| Most Replied to Users | Count | % |
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33 | 91.7% |
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1 | 2.8% |
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1 | 2.8% |
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1 | 2.8% |
| Top Words | Count | % |
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| cape | 2,930 | 7.0% |
| anc | 2,180 | 5.2% |
| ramaphosa | 1,826 | 4.3% |
| police | 1,767 | 4.2% |
| writes | 1,337 | 3.2% |
| government | 1,264 | 3.0% |
| being | 1,080 | 2.6% |
| cyril | 1,075 | 2.6% |
| during | 1,039 | 2.5% |
| eskom | 1,029 | 2.4% |
| gauteng | 1,000 | 2.4% |
| covid | 975 | 2.3% |
| accused | 956 | 2.3% |
| western | 952 | 2.3% |
| allegedly | 936 | 2.2% |
| johannesburg | 835 | 2.0% |
| kwazulu | 816 | 1.9% |
| killed | 812 | 1.9% |
| arrested | 805 | 1.9% |
| department | 763 | 1.8% |
| russia | 729 | 1.7% |
| according | 710 | 1.7% |
| proteas | 709 | 1.7% |
| before | 687 | 1.6% |
| died | 652 | 1.6% |
| since | 635 | 1.5% |
| alleged | 630 | 1.5% |
| service | 625 | 1.5% |
| eastern | 619 | 1.5% |
| company | 614 | 1.5% |
| russian | 606 | 1.4% |
| announced | 603 | 1.4% |
| members | 587 | 1.4% |
| shedding | 586 | 1.4% |
| parliament | 579 | 1.4% |
| corruption | 563 | 1.3% |
| billion | 558 | 1.3% |
| residents | 542 | 1.3% |
| durban | 523 | 1.2% |
| political | 514 | 1.2% |
| chief | 509 | 1.2% |
| security | 504 | 1.2% |
| expected | 501 | 1.2% |
| months | 495 | 1.2% |
| justice | 488 | 1.2% |
| because | 487 | 1.2% |
| despite | 479 | 1.1% |
| zuma | 478 | 1.1% |
| eff | 474 | 1.1% |
| conference | 462 | 1.1% |
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| Top Emojis | Count | % |
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| 📸 E1.0 Camera With Flash | 4 | 0.0% |
| 🥳 E11.0 Partying Face | 2 | 0.0% |
Tweets
News24.com | Trial of alleged Gupta associates underway, SARS investigator in hot seat dlvr.it/SldJNY
Trial of alleged Gupta associates underway, SARS investigator in hot seat | News24
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News24.com | Siyaya eIvory Coast! Bafana qualify for Afcon after beating Liberia in Monrovia dlvr.it/SldJN4
Myanmar's junta-stacked election commission announced on Tuesday that Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy Party would be dissolved for failing to re-register under a tough new military-drafted electoral law, state media said.
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Myanmar junta dissolves Suu Kyi's NLD party: state media | News24
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Australia's Steve Smith has announced his return to the Indian Premier League, although his curious video statement left it unclear whether he would play or just commentate. | @Sport24news
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Disney has laid off the metaverse team it assembled last year as part of a broader restructuring strategy that’s expected to see 7 000 employees lose their jobs.
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Disney has reportedly laid off its entire metaverse division in first phase of 'workforce reductions' | News24
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A trial kicks off in San Francisco federal court on Monday to determine how much money Tesla must pay to a black elevator operator who a jury determined was subjected to severe racial harassment while working at the electric auto maker's flagship plant.
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Tesla faces fresh racism trial after employee had record R2.5bn verdict slashed | Business
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Tunisian authorities have started cutting off drinking water at night, in what appears to be a bid to reduce consumption amid a severe drought. | @News24_Business
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Australia's Steve Smith will debut as a commentator at the upcoming Indian Premier League, the tournament's broadcaster said Tuesday, ending the mystery about his return to the event. | @Sport24news
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Australia's Smith to debut as commentator at IPL | Sport
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The Chenene family is waiting impatiently for the postmortem results to determine if the discovered skeletal remains belong to its missing daughter. | @City_Press
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In the show, Noah pits ten famous local comedians against one another to see who can keep a straight face while simultaneously trying to make their opponents laugh – and lose. | @News24Arts
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Ramaphosa has stepped into the crisis facing SA's logistics performance, in particular freight rail, and said on Tuesday that he had "directed Transnet to implement reforms swiftly and completely to turn around the crisis in SA's logistics system".
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Liberia coach Ansu Keita says his side has no fear of South Africa ahead of the return leg of their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier in Monrovia on Tuesday evening. | @Sport24news
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AKA arrests mystery, unfair food prices, Bafana’s moment of truth: Here are @AdriaanBasson's top reads of the day.
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Adriaans top 10 reads of the day | AKA arrests mystery, unfair food prices, Bafanas moment of truth | News24
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Hundreds of unidentified bodies from the February earthquakes in Turkey are buried in with only numbers marking their graves..
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WATCH | No names, just numbers, in Turkeys cemetery of unknown quake victims | News24
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"This is a sad day for me and the entire department. We are devastated."
So said Limpopo Health MEC Dr Phophi Ramathuba after a senior doctor allegedly killed his wife, also a doctor, before turning the gun on himself. | @ntwaagae
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So said Limpopo Health MEC Dr Phophi Ramathuba after a senior doctor allegedly killed his wife, also a doctor, before turning the gun on himself. | @ntwaagae
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Limpopo health dept devastated over deaths of doctors in suspected murder-suicide | News24
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Two people were injured on Tuesday morning after a light aircraft crashed at the Waste Management Plant on Botfontein Road in Kraaifontein. | @nickymccain @Lisaleesolomon1
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Two injured after light aircraft crashes in Cape Town | News24
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A new court ruling brings much-needed clarity on the meaning and methodology for determining "fair value", write Lucinde Rhoodie, Kara Meiring and Claudia Grobler. | @News24_Business
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As more and more of your life is on your handset, keeping it secure has become an even bigger headache.
Watch the video above for three things you need to know about smartphone security, according to cybersecurity reporter William Turton.
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Watch the video above for three things you need to know about smartphone security, according to cybersecurity reporter William Turton.
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According to the 10th World Happiness Report, the Covid-19 pandemic has not impacted people's overall happiness as many may have suspected. | @News24Wellness
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People's happiness not impacted by Covid-19 pandemic, new study finds | Life
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Three Free State police officers and a home affairs immigration office were arrested and charged for allegedly soliciting bribes at two different border posts. | @ntwaagae
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Free State cops, immigration officer arrested in connection with border bribes | News24
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Russia said on Tuesday it had shot down a US-supplied GLSDB guided smart bomb fired by Ukrainian forces, the first time Moscow has claimed to have intercepted one of the weapons that could double Ukraine's battlefield firing range.
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Russia says it intercepted US-supplied smart bomb in Ukraine for first time | News24
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Walt Disney Company has terminated the employment of about 50 people who made up its metaverse division - a unit that was tasked with developing metaverse strategies - according to a report. | @AlekBlak
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Disney has reportedly laid off its entire metaverse division in first phase of 'workforce reductions' | News24
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Cricket South Africa is talking to two countries over the possibility of securing more Test cricket for the Proteas in 2023. | @Sport24news
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After 20 years, Eskom is exiting Uganda – after running two power stations at an average energy availability rate of almost 97%, compared to below 60% in South Africa. | @News24_Business
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An Italian designer has reimagined the future of flying vehicles with his 4x4 jet flying concept vehicle.
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WATCH | A concept 44 aircraft powered by Rolls-Royce engines | News24
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Residents of Belhar in Cape Town are up in arms after an unknown woman's body was found over the weekend.
"Police must patrol the area every day, not just when they want to," they said.
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"Police must patrol the area every day, not just when they want to," they said.
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Police must patrol here every day - Cape Town residents after woman's boy found on open field | News24
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The IFP in KwaZulu-Natal announced on Tuesday that former EFF councillors, Bongimpilo Nhlengethwa and Zanele Nzuza, were among 155 members of various parties who joined it. | @JKwritingz
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Two EFF councillors among 155 members of various parties who join IFP | News24
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The DA must prepare for being in national government next year through practical action. This according to incumbent DA leader John Steenhuisen who gave his last pitch to delegates voting in the party's national congress. | @BongeMacupe
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Daniel Ricciardo got behind the wheel of Red Bull's 2011 Formula 1 car, the RB7 - his first time driving an F1 car since rejoining the team. | @Sport24news
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Former Orlando Pirates and Bafana Bafana midfielder Bennett Chenene battled to hold back his emotions after he identified items which belonged to his sister, 28-year-old Nomvula Chenene. | @ntwaagae
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A third attempt at voting for a new mayor in the City of Tshwane again descended into chaos after ANC and EFF councillors refused to proceed until action was taken against 69 DA councillors. | @JKwritingz
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The former Moses Kotane Local Municipality director was arrested for the "alleged simultaneous occupation of two government posts without her employer's knowledge", according to North West Hawks spokesperson, Captain Tlangelani Rikhotso.
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North West municipal director arrested for allegedly taking on second govt job while on sick leave | News24
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Liberia coach Ansumana Keita's vow to 'make SA suffer' has raised the hackles of 1996 Africa Cup of Nations winning Bafana captain Neil Tovey, who says that kind of talk is the perfect motivation for the South Africans before their qualifier on Tuesday.
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The Carter Centre, with the support of the Embassy of Ireland in Zambia, has launched the second edition of its Election Obligations and Standards manual. | @CdeLENIN
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Elections best practice manual launched amid 'setbacks in democracy' | News24
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The Competition Commission says retailers, processors and producers passed on unjustified price increases on essential products such as sunflower oil, white and brown bread to consumers over the past two years. | @News24_Business
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Competiton watchdog slams 'opportunistic' price hikes on food basics in damning report | Business
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A case involving thousands of retired Swiss women is being heard at a European Court in France, they claim their government's insufficient action on climate change violated their human rights.
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A Mpumalanga man has been arrested on a murder charge after allegedly shooting a homeless man during an altercation over pizza.
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Homeless man killed in Mpumalanga during altercation over pizza | News24
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Nine days after Donald Trump announced he was about to be arrested over a hush-money payment to a porn star, the world still awaits what would be one of the most famous police mugshots in history.
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New York waits... and waits... for expected Trump indictment | News24
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The Patriotic Alliance has threatened to take the City of Cape Town to court for allegedly failing to address the issue of the refugee tent erected in Maitland. | @MarvinCharles_
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Patriotic Alliance threatens City of Cape Town with court action over Maitland refugee tent site | News24
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OPINION | The DA has to figure out what it is selling to the electorate for the 2024 elections, and that will determine the role it plays in the future of South Africa, writes @QaanitahHunter.
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Experts that News24 spoke to say they are surprised at the complex plot Bester created, but they are not surprised that it happened at the G4S-run prison in Mangaung.
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Rustle up these speedy weeknight wonders so you won’t have to spend your entire evening in the kitchen. | @YouMagazine
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Tired of spending more time making dinner? Try these quick and convenient recipes in just 30 minutes | You
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LIVE | Mkhwebane insists she is being 'targeted, victimised' for 'doing her work' in CR17 investigation
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US President Joe Biden called on Congress to pass an assault weapons ban after six people, including three children, were killed in a school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee on Monday, the White House said.
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Biden calls for assault weapons ban after Nashville shooting | News24
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As it repossesses hundreds of taxis every month, WeBuyCars' sister company SA Taxi has radically changed its strategy to deal with these vehicles as operators in the market for used vehicles in particular, struggle with higher interest rates.
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EXCLUSIVE | Watch Thabo Bester 'confess' to rape and murder – and speak of his hope to be free
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Jonathan Majors was arraigned on several assault and harassment charges after his arrest on Saturday. | @News24Arts
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Jonathan Majors charged with assault; lawyer says he's 'completely innocent' | Life
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu paused his signature plan to overhaul Israel's judiciary after a day of nationwide turmoil when workers joined a general strike against the proposal and hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets.
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Netanyahu suspends judicial overhaul after day of Israeli turmoil | News24
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A witness in a Cape Town sex trafficking trial said she waited until she was in the safety of a police station before she told them she was not an alleged brothel keeper's girlfriend, and was being held against her will. | @itchybyte
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