Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @HermanMashaba
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
12,070
Earliest tweet was on
2023-03-21
Latest tweet was on
2023-03-30
Tweets covering
9 days
Average age of authors' accounts
6 years
Summarization
Herman Mashaba, former mayor of Johannesburg and leader of ActionSA, has tweeted about the reasons behind his resignation and his party's goals for South Africa. Mashaba alleges that his resignation was due to his exposing of corruption in the City of Johannesburg. He has also criticized the African National Congress (ANC) and called for change in the government to prevent South Africa from suffering similar issues as Zimbabwe. Mashaba's economic and capitalist beliefs have both been praised and criticized on social media. He has also expressed the need for rule of law and military strength in the country. Finally, Mashaba has expressed his desire for a non-racial society and has discussed his campaign efforts in Eldorado Park.
Topic Modeling
- Corruption and political maneuvering within the ANC
- Capitalism and ideological differences
- Rule of law and consequences for political leaders
- Community support and hunger for change
- Social divisions and the desire for a non-racial society
Emotional Analysis
The tweets express a range of emotions including frustration, anger, optimism, pride, sadness, disbelief, and skepticism towards political parties and their actions. Many tweets show support for @HermanMashaba and his political party @ActionSA, while others criticize his beliefs and actions. There is also a sense of urgency and concern for the future of South Africa, with some expressing fear of becoming like Zimbabwe if the ANC remains in power. Overall, there is a mix of emotions as people discuss politics and their hopes for the future direction of their country.
Trend Analysis
- Criticism of ANC and corruption in government
- Support for Herman Mashaba and ActionSA
- Criticism of socialism and support for capitalism
- Calls for rule of law and consequences for political leaders who commit crimes
- Desire for a non-racial society and unity
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
1,291
Percentage of total tweets
10%
Number of Original tweets
325
Percentage of total tweets
2%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
12,070
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
10,241
Percentage of total tweets
84%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
417
Percentage of total tweets
3%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
390
Percentage of total tweets
3%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter for Android | 8219 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 1999 |
| Twitter Web App | 1798 |
| Twitter for iPad | 49 |
| TweetDeck | 3 |
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 | 1,065,566 |
| akreana_ | Keabetswe🌬 | Philanthropist💙| Ambassador @PieterseTinika🌸, @MetropolitanZA🌻, Collab loadn♥️, 📧: Keajan66@icloud.com. Founder of @_OJKFoundation 💉 Lebo on #Lithapo 🎥 🎞 | 837,724 |
| HermanMashaba | Herman Mashaba | President of @Action4SA. Former Mayor of Johannesburg. Hammanskraal-born Entrepreneur and Black Like Me Founder. Family man. Proudly South African 🇿🇦 | 699,560 |
| Ori_RSA | ツ O R I | Broke UCT Dropout. | 301,608 |
| TrevorNcube | Trevor Ncube | l am not my newspapers. My newspapers are not me. https://t.co/2DXYajFH98 M&G Media (2002-17) @NewsDayZimbabwe @HStvZim @TheStandardzim ZimInd | 279,070 |
| mbalis_bakery | Mbali Mashinini | https://t.co/RYKsOkL8oR https://t.co/ul01oQLG1O Whatsapp/call: 0794857147 | 223,856 |
| Yanga_Co | Yanga | Electrical Engineer. | 163,191 |
| David_S_Tembe | AskTheChief01 #BuyaMthetho 🔥 | ActionSA Senator. Former MMC of Public Safety. Former Chief of(joburg EMS, JMPD and National Traffic Police) | 112,878 |
| Action4SA | ActionSA | A party for all South Africans who love their country, hate what is being done to it & refuse to stay silent. The time for talk is over. #ItsTimeForAction | 103,486 |
| SeanPages | Sean Pages | - | 94,779 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| akreana_ | Keabetswe🌬 | Philanthropist💙| Ambassador @PieterseTinika🌸, @MetropolitanZA🌻, Collab loadn♥️, 📧: Keajan66@icloud.com. Founder of @_OJKFoundation 💉 Lebo on #Lithapo 🎥 🎞 | 96,344 |
| Rakgadi_EM | Official Fighter Rakgadi | 𝐑𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢-𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤: Peace & Harmony To The Black Nation 🇿🇦 🌍 | 49,413 |
| SfisoMemela | 🇿🇦 Kwerekweres must FUTSEK | Zulu Kingdom it's where I was born.I am South African PATRIOTIC BEING. | 47,961 |
| DarkTall_Mats | Mantswu🌚🌑🖤 | Dark am I, yet lovely.(Song of Songs 1:5) Jehova ndi Khosi. | 47,712 |
| africanmannnn | Bra Africa 🔰 | Manchester United fan | No to religion | Free thinker | I follow back immediately | Here for laughs | Love the ocean | Here for retweets | 44,506 |
| IamDeBrainz | Duke of Bobididi | I follow back♻️ | 39,498 |
| CoolmanKhalanga | COOLMAN MATHEBULA | @Munghana Lonene makomba ndlela | 39,263 |
| collen_sambo2 | MR SAMBO SNR | Pan Africanism|Field Negro|God’s Child|Runner|50KM(4h31)|42KM(3h44) https://t.co/vgvbrXlz5o | 39,019 |
| VillageGuluva | Hasani Viii | I'm not my tweets and i tweet whatever comes to my mind, no content.🎓 @Sydney_Baloyi ❤️ @jamazola7 @Julius_S_Malema✊️ @EFFSouthAfrica ❤️ @OrlandoPirates RM⚽ | 35,805 |
| Paledian | Paledi Mothapo | President of the youth of Magoshi Swaranang Movement (MSM). Centrist. | 35,755 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| mpho_marobe | - | 105 |
| El123V | South African patriot. No bitcoin extra. Retweets are not endorsements. | 101 |
| RLS9107 | Live your best life. | 80 |
| Someoak1 | Retweets & likes are not endorsements | 77 |
| mbuso_siera | Humanity and Experiences An Unapologetic Nationalist Anti-Woke | 74 |
| MusaM_SA | MusaM ActionSA 🇿🇦 Am a SouthAfricaFirst before i am African | 63 |
| Samantha_steyn5 | fill your life with experience, not thing's. have stories to tell, not stuff to show 🅿️ | 55 |
| Xhosagal123 | I dance to the beat of my own drum, an independent thinker and not afraid to swim against the tide. | 53 |
| Apricot76603491 | #PutSouthAfricansFirst | 47 |
| WalterMfana | Politics I am very concerned citizen about the state of our country!! | 44 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1641092719958274049 | “I resigned as the Mayor of Joburg after the ANC were getting concerned about when I started exposing corruption in CoJ that amounted R35billion. Unfortunately my own party had secret meetings with the ANC to put in a motion of no confidence to remove me, why?” ~ @HermanMashaba https://t.co/XgmMR9HKCR | 173 |
| 1639291077793402886 | "Within the first 6 months of ActionSA coming into government, we must bring back the Scorpions!" - @HermanMashaba One of our core values as ActionSA is the Rule of law. For too long, we have had political leaders who have committed crimes without consequence. https://t.co/Ps5VVZgvCk | 72 |
| 1640715500555739141 | "If we fail, fellow South Africans, to remove ANC come 2024, your children and your grandchildren are going to live worse than what the Zimbabweans are going through right now." - @HermanMashaba https://t.co/dc2urHzLNo | 72 |
| 1641018537065029635 | “I was in Cuba recently, Havana, I remember clearly the water had a terrible smell. And then the ANC brings Cuban engineers to fix our water. We should send them our engineers to fix their water, not the other way around.” ~ @HermanMashaba https://t.co/gaFeJR0K6M | 62 |
| 1640000542964428801 | https://t.co/H9DsiCz7RB please come and support me in Eldorado park, I’ve lost faith in SAPS and I refuse to live this life again 😭💔@Abramjee @HermanMashaba | 61 |
| 1638430145399644161 | Guyzin @HermanMashaba is a CAPITALIST & I LOVE THAT ABOUT HIM. Why hate a MAN based on his ideological pattern? Isn't FUNNY that most socialists are employed under CAPITALISM/FREE MARKET? HERMAN employed POEPLE &sponsored many BLACK LIKE ME AND YOU EVENTS. WHERE WERE SOCIALISTS? https://t.co/aRUOMgKWJj | 61 |
| 1639237135323774976 | Ntate @HermanMashaba ignore this ! Don't be shaken, you can't support Gold smugglers or be reduced to their mud! Continue fighting for South Africans, they're and must remain your first priority ! https://t.co/lCKc7NbFa6 | 55 |
| 1638171098134061056 | The ANC was outclassed today by ActionSA at sharpville. Human Rights more 2000 ActionSA gauteng members attend the event. @HermanMashaba Dudula/#nhlanhlalux #braamfantain @Funzi_Ngobeni https://t.co/LH3VtPTweT | 50 |
| 1639706487906877444 | Eldorado Park, Ward 18. At one stage there was a queue. Our people are hungry for change. It felt like a voting station. #letsFixSA @HermanMashaba @ConnieMashaba @Funzi_Ngobeni @ActionSA_JHB @JohnMoodeyGP @David_S_Tembe @glissonniekerk @Action4SA https://t.co/CY0PfWgu58 | 46 |
| 1640073585699045379 | Collins Letsoalo has DESTROYED RAF during @MbalulaFikile supervision. 2day he is sitting on billions & not paying CLAIMS. Has destroyed thousands of jobs directly and indirectly. I suspect that the ANC wanna use RAF funds 2 fund their campaigns. @HermanMashaba watch RAF CLOSELY https://t.co/9uUq0vSFlq | 37 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1641092719958274049 | “I resigned as the Mayor of Joburg after the ANC were getting concerned about when I started exposing corruption in CoJ that amounted R35billion. Unfortunately my own party had secret meetings with the ANC to put in a motion of no confidence to remove me, why?” ~ @HermanMashaba https://t.co/XgmMR9HKCR | 508 |
| 1641361790972882945 | @HermanMashaba You are tweeting votes away daily madala | 310 |
| 1640715500555739141 | "If we fail, fellow South Africans, to remove ANC come 2024, your children and your grandchildren are going to live worse than what the Zimbabweans are going through right now." - @HermanMashaba https://t.co/dc2urHzLNo | 248 |
| 1638430145399644161 | Guyzin @HermanMashaba is a CAPITALIST & I LOVE THAT ABOUT HIM. Why hate a MAN based on his ideological pattern? Isn't FUNNY that most socialists are employed under CAPITALISM/FREE MARKET? HERMAN employed POEPLE &sponsored many BLACK LIKE ME AND YOU EVENTS. WHERE WERE SOCIALISTS? https://t.co/aRUOMgKWJj | 236 |
| 1639501352970723328 | @HermanMashaba @HomeAffairsSA The same way your father from Mozambique who was an economic Migrant got his ID. The same way Europeans who came here uninvited, robbed Africans of their land and granted themselves citizenship of this continent. | 236 |
| 1639291077793402886 | "Within the first 6 months of ActionSA coming into government, we must bring back the Scorpions!" - @HermanMashaba One of our core values as ActionSA is the Rule of law. For too long, we have had political leaders who have committed crimes without consequence. https://t.co/Ps5VVZgvCk | 203 |
| 1638171098134061056 | The ANC was outclassed today by ActionSA at sharpville. Human Rights more 2000 ActionSA gauteng members attend the event. @HermanMashaba Dudula/#nhlanhlalux #braamfantain @Funzi_Ngobeni https://t.co/LH3VtPTweT | 179 |
| 1641364751107203073 | @HermanMashaba War is not the only reason for a country to be military equipped. You keep proving why voting ActionSA is a bad idea | 172 |
| 1640793721519198221 | Thanks again to mr @HermanMashaba tomorrow this clinic will be officially open in ward50 https://t.co/QUimQ4iCXW | 164 |
| 1639237135323774976 | Ntate @HermanMashaba ignore this ! Don't be shaken, you can't support Gold smugglers or be reduced to their mud! Continue fighting for South Africans, they're and must remain your first priority ! https://t.co/lCKc7NbFa6 | 157 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #actionsa2024project | 40 |
| #letsfixsouthafrica | 29 |
| #nationalshutdown | 29 |
| #actionsa | 28 |
| #humanrightsday | 14 |
| #teammichelle | 14 |
| #phalaphalafarmgate | 13 |
| #letsfixsa | 10 |
| #putsouthaficansfirst | 9 |
| #nongomabyelection | 8 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @hermanmashaba | 12185 |
| @action4sa | 1846 |
| @funzi_ngobeni | 1146 |
| @homeaffairssa | 1011 |
| @actionsagp | 640 |
| @marciabarron777 | 460 |
| @myanc | 437 |
| @actionsa_jhb | 424 |
| @effsouthafrica | 416 |
| @me_beaumont | 370 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
42
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 🤣 | 1050 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
| 😂 | 998 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
| 💚 | 557 | green_heart |
| 😭 | 140 | loudly_crying_face |
| 🤔 | 135 | thinking_face |
| 🚮 | 128 | litter_in_bin_sign |
| 🇿🇦 | 122 | South_Africa |
| 😅 | 75 | grinning_face_with_sweat |
| 🙄 | 63 | face_with_rolling_eyes |
| 🤡 | 57 | clown_face |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Smileys & Emotion | 3781 |
| People & Body | 795 |
| Flags | 188 |
| Symbols | 174 |
| Travel & Places | 67 |
| Animals & Nature | 47 |
| Objects | 30 |
| Food & Drink | 16 |
| Activities | 8 |