Account Summary

Bio
Mahasha Rampedi is African Times Editor-In-Chief, International Correspondent & Columnist (RT, CCTV, Rossiystaya Gazeta), Award-Winning Investigative Journalist
Followers Count
145,525
Friends Count
3,048
Tweets Count
19,569
List Count
193
Location
Johannesburg, South Africa
Verified
Yes
Followers Analysis (based on followers sample)
Verified
Number of Verified accounts
197
Percentage of Verified accounts
0.2%
Protected
Number of Protected accounts
6,337
Percentage of Protected accounts
6.34%
Age
Average Age of Twitter accounts
5 years
Bios
Number of users without a Bio
32,760
Number of users with a Bio
67,240
Percentage of users with a Bio
67.24%
Percentage of users without a Bio
32.76%
Worldcloud of Bios

Top 10 followers with the highest follower count
Username | Followers Count | Friends Count | Tweet Count |
---|---|---|---|
RailaOdinga | 4264318 | 4717 | 8322 |
DJFreshSA | 2390674 | 9981 | 139512 |
OleItumbi | 2145278 | 8803 | 59084 |
NkanyeziKubheka | 1047928 | 284746 | 107449 |
danielmarven | 896280 | 142510 | 522242 |
akreana_ | 838493 | 96370 | 411085 |
davidkau1 | 820784 | 2915 | 45286 |
HermanMashaba | 701765 | 1522 | 77104 |
advocatemahere | 653548 | 4663 | 43586 |
MrScottEddy | 611178 | 97070 | 226214 |
Top 10 followers with the highest following count
Username | Friends Count | Followers Count | Tweet Count |
---|---|---|---|
NkanyeziKubheka | 284746 | 1047928 | 107449 |
EricanSA | 248133 | 227635 | 137438 |
Lean3JvV | 217665 | 365951 | 8393 |
danielmarven | 142510 | 896280 | 522242 |
zimleague | 115831 | 113652 | 402912 |
SA_Heroes | 114183 | 148135 | 12128 |
mpho_pitsi_za | 97303 | 107602 | 544455 |
MrScottEddy | 97070 | 611178 | 226214 |
akreana_ | 96370 | 838493 | 411085 |
destinyzee | 93791 | 344956 | 166612 |
Top 10 followers with the highest tweet count
Username | Tweets Count | Followers Count | Friends Count |
---|---|---|---|
SupremeBeingNes | 1028591 | 73911 | 66439 |
WheelsnToys | 617217 | 6991 | 4972 |
mpho_pitsi_za | 544455 | 107602 | 97303 |
danielmarven | 522242 | 896280 | 142510 |
_uPrince | 446038 | 18249 | 1456 |
akreana_ | 411085 | 838493 | 96370 |
zimleague | 402912 | 113652 | 115831 |
263Chat | 393458 | 576469 | 38112 |
K_McGrecoR | 370034 | 13599 | 1425 |
sdu_mpembe | 351243 | 11465 | 11075 |
Top 10 followers with the highest listed count
Username | Listed Count | Friends Count | Followers Count |
---|---|---|---|
MrScottEddy | 6812 | 97070 | 611178 |
DJFreshSA | 2700 | 9981 | 2390674 |
RailaOdinga | 1137 | 4717 | 4264318 |
davidkau1 | 828 | 2915 | 820784 |
Lean3JvV | 739 | 217665 | 365951 |
zhang_heqing | 736 | 20562 | 318679 |
Linda_Sibiya | 717 | 1225 | 179345 |
OleItumbi | 653 | 8803 | 2145278 |
Sophiendaba_ | 639 | 903 | 292203 |
TheCitizen_News | 578 | 2532 | 243863 |
Tweets Analysis
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
584
Earliest tweet was on
2022-03-27
Latest tweet was on
2023-04-01
Tweets covering
369 days
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
131
Percentage of total tweets
22%
Number of Original tweets
184
Percentage of total tweets
31%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
480
Percentage of total tweets
82%
Number of tweets that were Replies
34
Percentage of total tweets
5%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
235
Percentage of total tweets
40%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
107
Percentage of total tweets
18%
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
ID | Text | Retweet count |
---|---|---|
1636631986042294273 | #Eskom implements 10-hour blackouts (Stage 6) for 6 months running (Sep 2022), including on Sundays in summer. #EFF announces a planned #NationalShutdown. 3 days B4, six coal-fired power stations miraculously achieve a 70% Energy Availability Factor. SA is alive with possibility. https://t.co/zInqv6gFfG | 897 |
1546477315428945920 | U.S, Britain, UK, Germany & France offered President Ramaphosa billions to prematurely ditch coal for so-called clean energy, as a ploy to take over & control our energy security, and thus our economic development level, making SA a de facto colony. Our sovereignty has been sold. https://t.co/UNq4IrIvHd | 630 |
1537678693799182337 | EU imported 40% more coal from SA in the first 5 months of 2022 than over the whole of 2021. Yet the same EU & US offered the Cyril Ramaphosa administration billions to ditch coal for renewal energy, as part of SA’s energy mix. We’re sleep walking into compromised energy security https://t.co/ahXrMkUKDK | 614 |
1610940295356497921 | My statement on the Public Protector’s decuplets report. https://t.co/7JlAHQ7IUx | 599 |
1637743675680620544 | If anything, EFF #NationalShutdown has proven that: We have no policing & resource problems. We have political will & selective morality problems. We have no electricity generational capacity issues. We have political will, internal sabotage & privatisation-drive issues. #Malema https://t.co/MyS7cCPpU3 | 578 |
1585333612752228352 | PRIVATE investigator Paul O’Sullivan allegedly helped President Cyril Ramaphosa trace the suspects who stole US dollars from his Phala Phala farm in Waterberg, Limpopo, resulting in them being kidnapped and tortured. In the @pretorianews https://t.co/qlJiBsp9E3 | 550 |
1530065570296741888 | US Justice Department says #Glencore not only bribed politicians, regulators & judges to get contracts & protection in Australia, Brazil & Nigeria; it also has a corporate “culture of bribery”. Strangely, Justice Raymond #Zondo’s commission found nothing untoward with the company https://t.co/qLRUIErGgb | 309 |
1530070937282002944 | SOUTH Africa’s banking sector remains mum on the developing saga involving mining giant Glencore, which this week admitted to a $1.5 billion (R23.6bn) payment to settle accusations of bribery and market manipulation. https://t.co/McCvHZlEeC | 267 |
1560237330908299265 | Media24 investigative journalist @CowansView is under police investigation for allegedly gaining unlawful access to the cellphone records of former acting Eskom chief executive, @koko_matshela https://t.co/A2QUmf8SBl | 215 |
1526801187152052225 | President Cyril Ramaphosa’s meddling has compromised the Zondo Commission and turned it into a tool to fight factional ANC politics, writes Dr Paul Ngobeni. https://t.co/AWqt1KTzIc | 211 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Reply count
ID | Text | Reply count |
---|---|---|
1610940295356497921 | My statement on the Public Protector’s decuplets report. https://t.co/7JlAHQ7IUx | 648 |
1636631986042294273 | #Eskom implements 10-hour blackouts (Stage 6) for 6 months running (Sep 2022), including on Sundays in summer. #EFF announces a planned #NationalShutdown. 3 days B4, six coal-fired power stations miraculously achieve a 70% Energy Availability Factor. SA is alive with possibility. https://t.co/zInqv6gFfG | 170 |
1634554094265270276 | The way Loftus is packed to the rafters is testimony that @Masandawana has more supporters than our rivals are willing to admit. The problem 🤷🏻♀️is rampant poverty & unemployment, which force thousands of fans to stay at home. Once they get free tickets, they attend games. https://t.co/ea3doTtTUj | 157 |
1585333612752228352 | PRIVATE investigator Paul O’Sullivan allegedly helped President Cyril Ramaphosa trace the suspects who stole US dollars from his Phala Phala farm in Waterberg, Limpopo, resulting in them being kidnapped and tortured. In the @pretorianews https://t.co/qlJiBsp9E3 | 140 |
1583153668202692608 | The Limpopo and KZN ANC have teamed up against President Cyril Ramaphosa and the governing party's step aside rule, saying the policy has been weaponised. In the @pretorianews https://t.co/h5gda9qtHq | 117 |
1610952624433414148 | https://t.co/NQwyNDH45e | 94 |
1546477315428945920 | U.S, Britain, UK, Germany & France offered President Ramaphosa billions to prematurely ditch coal for so-called clean energy, as a ploy to take over & control our energy security, and thus our economic development level, making SA a de facto colony. Our sovereignty has been sold. https://t.co/UNq4IrIvHd | 94 |
1625946329439473679 | #NewProfilePic https://t.co/W81vdBicM0 | 88 |
1605645648816181265 | In an unprecedented ANC bloodbath, scores of senior party leaders and ministers, including Pravin Gordan, Derek Hanekom and Jeff Radebe, have been purged from the NEC by delegates. In the @pretorianews https://t.co/KCZKdlib0s | 79 |
1580619164594470912 | President Cyril Ramaphosa's camp is likely to go to the ANC's national conference divided, after some provincial structures rebelled against his new slate which replaced Mdumiseni Ntuli with Fikile Mbalula for the SG position. In the @pretorianews https://t.co/T9UVCQsvEZ | 67 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Quote count
ID | Text | Quote count |
---|---|---|
1610940295356497921 | My statement on the Public Protector’s decuplets report. https://t.co/7JlAHQ7IUx | 209 |
1546477315428945920 | U.S, Britain, UK, Germany & France offered President Ramaphosa billions to prematurely ditch coal for so-called clean energy, as a ploy to take over & control our energy security, and thus our economic development level, making SA a de facto colony. Our sovereignty has been sold. https://t.co/UNq4IrIvHd | 60 |
1636631986042294273 | #Eskom implements 10-hour blackouts (Stage 6) for 6 months running (Sep 2022), including on Sundays in summer. #EFF announces a planned #NationalShutdown. 3 days B4, six coal-fired power stations miraculously achieve a 70% Energy Availability Factor. SA is alive with possibility. https://t.co/zInqv6gFfG | 50 |
1634554094265270276 | The way Loftus is packed to the rafters is testimony that @Masandawana has more supporters than our rivals are willing to admit. The problem 🤷🏻♀️is rampant poverty & unemployment, which force thousands of fans to stay at home. Once they get free tickets, they attend games. https://t.co/ea3doTtTUj | 49 |
1530065570296741888 | US Justice Department says #Glencore not only bribed politicians, regulators & judges to get contracts & protection in Australia, Brazil & Nigeria; it also has a corporate “culture of bribery”. Strangely, Justice Raymond #Zondo’s commission found nothing untoward with the company https://t.co/qLRUIErGgb | 41 |
1537678693799182337 | EU imported 40% more coal from SA in the first 5 months of 2022 than over the whole of 2021. Yet the same EU & US offered the Cyril Ramaphosa administration billions to ditch coal for renewal energy, as part of SA’s energy mix. We’re sleep walking into compromised energy security https://t.co/ahXrMkUKDK | 37 |
1585333612752228352 | PRIVATE investigator Paul O’Sullivan allegedly helped President Cyril Ramaphosa trace the suspects who stole US dollars from his Phala Phala farm in Waterberg, Limpopo, resulting in them being kidnapped and tortured. In the @pretorianews https://t.co/qlJiBsp9E3 | 29 |
1579544693654028288 | Former President Jacob Zuma has made a veiled threat of more possible private prosecutions against the country's top brass, including NDPP Shamila Batohi and even Justice Minister Ronald Lamola. In the @pretorianews https://t.co/eKCWZV2zGQ | 19 |
1532238146448117760 | So our energy security decisions are now taken in Western capitals. Not long ago Joe Biden said U.S would spend billions to move SA away from coal. Now the British Prime Minister is saying the same. Why have our leaders made us a Western outpost? This colony mentality must stop. https://t.co/h2fjdpdFz0 | 18 |
1560237330908299265 | Media24 investigative journalist @CowansView is under police investigation for allegedly gaining unlawful access to the cellphone records of former acting Eskom chief executive, @koko_matshela https://t.co/A2QUmf8SBl | 17 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
ID | Text | Like count |
---|---|---|
1636631986042294273 | #Eskom implements 10-hour blackouts (Stage 6) for 6 months running (Sep 2022), including on Sundays in summer. #EFF announces a planned #NationalShutdown. 3 days B4, six coal-fired power stations miraculously achieve a 70% Energy Availability Factor. SA is alive with possibility. https://t.co/zInqv6gFfG | 2038 |
1610940295356497921 | My statement on the Public Protector’s decuplets report. https://t.co/7JlAHQ7IUx | 1333 |
1637743675680620544 | If anything, EFF #NationalShutdown has proven that: We have no policing & resource problems. We have political will & selective morality problems. We have no electricity generational capacity issues. We have political will, internal sabotage & privatisation-drive issues. #Malema https://t.co/MyS7cCPpU3 | 1226 |
1546477315428945920 | U.S, Britain, UK, Germany & France offered President Ramaphosa billions to prematurely ditch coal for so-called clean energy, as a ploy to take over & control our energy security, and thus our economic development level, making SA a de facto colony. Our sovereignty has been sold. https://t.co/UNq4IrIvHd | 898 |
1537678693799182337 | EU imported 40% more coal from SA in the first 5 months of 2022 than over the whole of 2021. Yet the same EU & US offered the Cyril Ramaphosa administration billions to ditch coal for renewal energy, as part of SA’s energy mix. We’re sleep walking into compromised energy security https://t.co/ahXrMkUKDK | 805 |
1585333612752228352 | PRIVATE investigator Paul O’Sullivan allegedly helped President Cyril Ramaphosa trace the suspects who stole US dollars from his Phala Phala farm in Waterberg, Limpopo, resulting in them being kidnapped and tortured. In the @pretorianews https://t.co/qlJiBsp9E3 | 775 |
1625946329439473679 | #NewProfilePic https://t.co/W81vdBicM0 | 775 |
1634554094265270276 | The way Loftus is packed to the rafters is testimony that @Masandawana has more supporters than our rivals are willing to admit. The problem 🤷🏻♀️is rampant poverty & unemployment, which force thousands of fans to stay at home. Once they get free tickets, they attend games. https://t.co/ea3doTtTUj | 698 |
1530065570296741888 | US Justice Department says #Glencore not only bribed politicians, regulators & judges to get contracts & protection in Australia, Brazil & Nigeria; it also has a corporate “culture of bribery”. Strangely, Justice Raymond #Zondo’s commission found nothing untoward with the company https://t.co/qLRUIErGgb | 521 |
1579544693654028288 | Former President Jacob Zuma has made a veiled threat of more possible private prosecutions against the country's top brass, including NDPP Shamila Batohi and even Justice Minister Ronald Lamola. In the @pretorianews https://t.co/eKCWZV2zGQ | 483 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets

Top 10 Hashtags used
Hashtag | Count |
---|---|
#anc | 7 |
#phalaphalafarmgate | 5 |
#nec | 4 |
#ramaphosa | 3 |
#nationalshutdown | 2 |
#phalaphalareport | 2 |
#cyrilramaphosa | 2 |
#phalaphalafarmgatecriminal | 2 |
#resign | 2 |
#malema | 1 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets

Top 10 mentions
Hashtag | Count |
---|---|
@pretorianews | 62 |
@mogomotsimogodi | 5 |
@niehaus_carl | 4 |
@tshepo_kgadima | 4 |
@koko_matshela | 4 |
@eskom_sa | 3 |
@saeditorsforum | 3 |
@iqbalsurve | 2 |
@mbalulafikile | 2 |
@loratotshenkeng | 2 |
Top 10 mentions

Wordcloud of Tweets

Emojis used in tweets
Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
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🤷🏻♀️ | 1 | woman_shrugging_light_skin_tone |
Emojis groups
Emoji Group | Count |
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People & Body | 1 |