Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @eNCA
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
2,554
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-29
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-31
Tweets covering
2 days
Average age of authors' accounts
6 years
Summarization
The tweets discuss the recent increase in South Africa's repo rate and its potential impact on the economy and citizens. Some express frustration with the government's management of the economy and concerns about the middle class disappearing. There are also criticisms of media coverage of certain events and allegations of racism towards white individuals.
Topic Modeling
- Rising Repo Rates and Economic Impact
- Government's Financial Mismanagement
- Criticism of Media Coverage
- Societal Issues and Crime
- Personal Financial Hardship
Emotional Analysis
The tweets express a range of negative emotions, including anger, frustration, disappointment, and sadness. Many express dissatisfaction with the government's economic policies and the impact on the middle class, while others criticize media coverage of important issues or highlight perceived racism and corruption. Overall, the tweets suggest a sense of powerlessness in the face of economic struggles and a desire for change.
Trend Analysis
- Impact of increased repo rate on economy and citizens
- Criticism of government and government officials
- Concern over rising crime rates and lack of action from authorities
- Frustration with financial hardships and inequality
- Critique of media reporting and journalism
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
392
Percentage of total tweets
15%
Number of Original tweets
126
Percentage of total tweets
4%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
2,554
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
1,981
Percentage of total tweets
77%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
94
Percentage of total tweets
3%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
339
Percentage of total tweets
13%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
Source | Count |
---|---|
Twitter for Android | 1498 |
Twitter for iPhone | 620 |
Twitter Web App | 415 |
Twitter for iPad | 14 |
Hootsuite Inc. | 2 |
What devices were used to tweet

Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
---|---|---|---|
CityPowerJhb | @CityPowerJhb | City Power lights the way in Johannesburg. Report outages, faults & compliments to https://t.co/IJC4ePTaAo or Call Centre 011 490 7484 /0860JOBURG / 0860562874 | 1,065,829 |
Abramjee | Yusuf Abramjee | Yusuf Abramjee & Associates. Consultant. GCOB. Social Activist. #CrimeWatch #TaxJusticeSA *Vice President: @csiworld yusuf@abramjee.com | 706,938 |
JHBWater | Johannesburg Water | Provides Water and Sanitation Services Tel:0860 562 874/ Email: customer@jwater.co.za/ SMS:45201 | 511,200 |
Thembisile_Q | Thembisile Q | Recording Artist | Songwriter | Contestant on @freeburn_music | Hairdresser | Digital Content Creator | | 418,797 |
eThekwiniM | eThekwini Municipality | Official Twitter account for the eThekwini Municipality. We're here between 08:00 & 17:00, Monday to Friday. | 212,290 |
MyJRA | Joburg Roads Agency | An official City of Johannesburg entity that constructs, maintains, and manages road infrastructure. Log pothole, traffic light faults & more. #JHBTraffic | 209,706 |
_cosatu | @COSATU Today | Africa's largest Federation Official tweets, the home of the toiling classes across the world,with more than 2 million membership..Amandla! | 170,340 |
NgceboMthiya | M T H I Y A ๐ฟ๐ฆ | Liverpool Fan๐ฆ || Orlando Pirates Fan โ ๏ธ|| Bayern Munich Fan | 127,108 |
_AfricanSoil | Sphithiphithi Evaluator | There are always two sides, I'm here to give you the other side... | 117,919 |
Jeandre_Goliath | ๐๐ญ๐ฟ ๐ ๐๐ธ๐ต๐ฒ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฑ | #BlackLivesMatter | Tweets โ Constitute Legal Advice | Personal is Political ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ | My entire existence is a Revolutionary act โ๐ข๐๐๐พ๐ถ๐๐ฝ ๐ฟ๐ฆโ | 105,905 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
---|---|---|---|
_cosatu | @COSATU Today | Africa's largest Federation Official tweets, the home of the toiling classes across the world,with more than 2 million membership..Amandla! | 71,503 |
Emma_Tsebe | Emma Tsebe ๐ฟ๐ฆ | Orlando Pirates ๐ค๐ค | 55,824 |
pmcafrica | Pechรฉ Africa ๐ฟ๐ฆ | laughter, cars and football โฝ๏ธ โ๏ธ | 51,118 |
NMkhabela | Musweki wale Afrikadzonga | God 1st, #muswekiwaafrikadzonga, Wits Alumni, Food Photographer & Stylist, Home Cook & Baker (Foodie), my sisters keeper, Nut Tackler Biscuits ๐ช๐ช๐ช. | 36,187 |
aey_dear | dEAR | words are my toys. | 34,221 |
paballo_patsa | Raised in Africa๐ซ | Saved by His Grace||Lover of haute couture fashion shows & polo necks.||Has a Kind of blue vinyl.||90 day fiancรฉ relationship expert. | 33,973 |
Jeandre_Goliath | ๐๐ญ๐ฟ ๐ ๐๐ธ๐ต๐ฒ๐ช๐ฝ๐ฑ | #BlackLivesMatter | Tweets โ Constitute Legal Advice | Personal is Political ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ | My entire existence is a Revolutionary act โ๐ข๐๐๐พ๐ถ๐๐ฝ ๐ฟ๐ฆโ | 29,963 |
Goodman_Bar | Duke Of Silver and Gold๐ | I'm different not in a stupid way. Wild,Visionary๐คAquarius๐Mining is life๐ฐโ๏ธMQA Accredited Assessor. Life is a journey.Learn my friend ๐โ๏ธ | 28,377 |
KaraboKotuu | Rustenburg Finest ๐ซถ๐ฝ | Mother/ Tourism graduate / Food lover / Am that village girl / BBW mamaโค๏ธ/ Only you God๐/Ke rekisa di perfume tsa bo Mme le bo Rre /Ous wa dikonkosi | 27,219 |
Khumalo_Kea | Keatlegile | The more you are as a person, the less you need to prove yourself to others โบ | 21,881 |
Most active users
Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
---|---|---|
SivuthuMandixo | When I feed the poor, they call me a saint, but when I ask why the poor are hungry, they call me a communist - Don Helder Camara | 19 |
_cosatu | Africa's largest Federation Official tweets, the home of the toiling classes across the world,with more than 2 million membership..Amandla! | 15 |
Senzile84455826 | A bubbly personality that's all ๐ฅ๐ | 15 |
tmankzn | - | 15 |
Kgomoyamaphoto | - | 14 |
LunghieDwue | Lord,increase my faith,increase my faith to bridge the chasms of uncertainty and doubt.Give me faith to do what is right and let the consequence follow.ืืืืืื ื | 13 |
Blckboy22 | - | 11 |
messy_dj | - | 11 |
Abramjee | Yusuf Abramjee & Associates. Consultant. GCOB. Social Activist. #CrimeWatch #TaxJusticeSA *Vice President: @csiworld yusuf@abramjee.com | 10 |
ALANIMABASA | let it all work out itself | 10 |
Tweets per day

Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
ID | Text | Retweet count |
---|---|---|
1641142400448856071 | Hey look, we have a Belinda Magor racist type here with an extra layer of approving crimes like murder hijacking, and rape. Will you be covering this as well @News24 @TheCitizen_News @IOL @eNCA @SABCNews or is this not newsworthy? Any input from @SAHRCommission or not interested? https://t.co/38FKfszzFV | 175 |
1641442385011023875 | @eNCA It's quite devastating how for the past 3 years, if not more, all that the repo rate % did was to rise, today reaching a peak of 7.50. They should just say it if they don't want us to have assets of our own. https://t.co/SWfGwzM0g9 | 37 |
1641397335920988161 | #FreeMaziNnamdiKanu #FreeMaziNnamdiKanu #FreeMaziNnamdiKanu #FreeMaziNnamdiKanu #FreeMaziNnamdiKanu #FreeMaziNnamdiKanu #FreeMaziNnamdiKanu #FreeMaziNnamdiKanu #BiafraExit @MYANC @eNCA @PresidencyZA https://t.co/bCt3ecpUEA | 36 |
1641722888720982016 | #honeymoonmovie OFFICIALLY OPEN IN ALL CINEMAS NATIONWIDE ๐ฟ๐ฅ๐ฌ Thank you @eNCA for having us. #DBK get your TICKETS NOW.๐บ๐บ๐บ๐บ https://t.co/T6HsdTYdDD | 19 |
1641744133110009856 | Who wrote this, @eNCA ? https://t.co/2F3a7w0LiW | 16 |
1641375236049256448 | Watch documentary film #prisonforprofit about my investigation into Mangaung prison, produced by @IFdocumentaries @JacanaMedia @SABC @etv @eNCA @carteblanchetv @dailymaverick @SundayTimesZA @AJEnglish @AlJazeera | 16 |
1641439779668758531 | @eNCA "The repo rate refers to the rate at which the South African Reserve Bank lends money to private banks. If the repo rate goes up,ย the bank's prime lending rate - the rate it charges customers who need to borrow money - goes up." | 15 |
1641170435508142081 | @RenaldoGouws @News24 @TheCitizen_News @IOL @eNCA @SABCNews @SAHRCommission Not only does he approve of crime like murder & rape, he can also bribe law officials, make โoneโ phone call & end someoneโs life, he also seems to have access to or know of hitmen. โPeople are hungry out there & will do anything for a quick buckโ https://t.co/DI9IuC3ZZc | 14 |
1641081895671812098 | Which is the best news tv channel to watch. That's shows the truth and reality to the public of South Africa and challenges the politicians?? @eNCA @SABCNews @Newzroom405 | 13 |
1641365474616258561 | Don't forget to tune in on @eNCA tonight at 8pm #WeTheNation with Dan Moyane. A conversation around the effectiveness of the RSA Constitution. participants include @MyPAConline, Minority rights organizations, Academics and Constitutional law experts. Do tune in. https://t.co/JDxhGtGyVU | 12 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
ID | Text | Like count |
---|---|---|
1641142400448856071 | Hey look, we have a Belinda Magor racist type here with an extra layer of approving crimes like murder hijacking, and rape. Will you be covering this as well @News24 @TheCitizen_News @IOL @eNCA @SABCNews or is this not newsworthy? Any input from @SAHRCommission or not interested? https://t.co/38FKfszzFV | 448 |
1641432196144840710 | @eNCA yoh, a whole 50 bps Goodluck to anyone owing anything , you're about to need to add lube to your monthly grocery cart. The ANC's economy is going in dry | 116 |
1641439779668758531 | @eNCA "The repo rate refers to the rate at which the South African Reserve Bank lends money to private banks. If the repo rate goes up,ย the bank's prime lending rate - the rate it charges customers who need to borrow money - goes up." | 112 |
1641442385011023875 | @eNCA It's quite devastating how for the past 3 years, if not more, all that the repo rate % did was to rise, today reaching a peak of 7.50. They should just say it if they don't want us to have assets of our own. https://t.co/SWfGwzM0g9 | 103 |
1641436125305745409 | @eNCA The middle class will soon be a textbook concept. https://t.co/wvSfw3jum4 | 95 |
1641433431266545665 | @eNCA They are literally putting the last nails in our coffins. | 92 |
1641438997259100163 | @eNCA The nice World Bank has come to collect, itโs monies owed. Who pays it? Not the ones who spent the borrowed moneyโฆ sad story. | 92 |
1641431539870322690 | @eNCA Kganyago and his friends basifuna sifile inene! ๐ฎ | 72 |
1641438179092725760 | @eNCA We paying for overloaded government ministries that are just useless.๐ฎ๐ญ | 64 |
1641170435508142081 | @RenaldoGouws @News24 @TheCitizen_News @IOL @eNCA @SABCNews @SAHRCommission Not only does he approve of crime like murder & rape, he can also bribe law officials, make โoneโ phone call & end someoneโs life, he also seems to have access to or know of hitmen. โPeople are hungry out there & will do anything for a quick buckโ https://t.co/DI9IuC3ZZc | 50 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets

Top 10 Hashtags used
Hashtag | Count |
---|---|
#dstv403 | 98 |
#enca | 55 |
#wethenation | 30 |
#crimewatch | 25 |
#freemazinnamdikanu | 24 |
#southafricanmorning | 16 |
#50thanniversary | 12 |
#honeymoonmovie | 11 |
#thabobester | 11 |
#cosatu | 10 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets

Top 10 mentions
Mention | Count |
---|---|
@enca | 2567 |
@sabcnews | 259 |
@news24 | 183 |
@iol | 144 |
@sahrcommission | 116 |
@thecitizen_news | 114 |
@newzroom405 | 110 |
@renaldogouws | 110 |
@myanc | 76 |
@presidencyza | 67 |
Top 10 mentions

Wordcloud of Tweets

Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
39
Emojis used in tweets
Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
---|---|---|
๐คฃ | 120 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
๐ | 106 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
๐ญ | 100 | loudly_crying_face |
๐ค | 33 | thinking_face |
๐คก | 26 | clown_face |
๐ | 24 | broken_heart |
๐ | 19 | face_with_rolling_eyes |
๐ค | 18 | crossed_fingers |
๐ | 17 | folded_hands |
๐ณ | 16 | flushed_face |
Emojis groups
Emoji Group | Count |
---|---|
Smileys & Emotion | 654 |
People & Body | 216 |
Symbols | 38 |
Flags | 28 |
Objects | 27 |
Travel & Places | 14 |
Food & Drink | 11 |
Animals & Nature | 6 |
Activities | 4 |