Kan ’n mens die temperatuur van die nasionale debat meet? Andrew Trench en Jeanne van der Merwe het die afgelope week deur duisende Twitter-boodskappe gewaad op soek na ’n antwoord. ’n Mens kan aan min dinge die laaste tyd dink wat die nasionale debat so volledig oorheers het as die sage oor Zuma se “spies”.… Read More »

ANDREW TRENCH and JEANNE VAN DER MERWE Last Monday morning as South Africans argued over whether artist Brett Murray’s picture of President Jacob Zuma with his bits on display was protected free speech or dignity-destroying vitriol, M24i embarked on a unique project to track the mood of the country through the social network. We quickly… Read More »

by ANDREW TRENCH I had some fun this week with the raging debate over Brett Murray’s artwork. It provided the perfect opportunity to have a go using something called “sentiment analysis” to get some insight into an unfolding story. Right! What the heck is “sentiment analysis” and how on earth could this possibly be used… Read More »

The volume of twitter tweets on the back of news of the defacing of the Brett Murray painting of President Jacob Zuma is growing at an incredible pace. See this map below to track the tweets as they are happening and from where. Click and drag the map around to see how the tweets are… Read More »

Jacques Dommisse The 17th century Manor House and Iziko Museum at Groot Constantia was robbed over the weekend of heritage pieces estimated to be valued at around R50 million . Chinese porcelain estimated to be worth millions of rand is missing and M24i have established that it is the third similar incident in South Africa… Read More »

Thanduxolo Jika The national government’s intervention team in Limpopo has scrapped a R320 million textbook tender which was controversially awarded to a company controlled by former government mandarins. Anis Karodia, the National Basic Education Department’s intervention team head, terminated the contract with EduSolutions which also has significant contracts in Gauteng and other provinces. The wrangle… Read More »

It cost over R400,000 to create a matric graduate last year. Read this and some other startling facts in our special report here