Tweets Analysis - Keyword: Malema
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
9,475
Earliest tweet was on
2023-04-04
Latest tweet was on
2023-04-05
Tweets covering
0 days
Average age of authors' accounts
5 years
Summarization
Julius Malema, the President of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party in South Africa, has been praised for his support of the LGBTQ+ community and leading protests against Uganda’s anti-homosexuality bill. However, he has also faced criticism for alleged involvement in financial scandals and his political tactics. Regardless, some believe he is the best politician the country has seen since democracy began.
Topic Modeling
- Support for LGBTQ community
- Political leadership and activism of Julius Malema
- Criticism and opposition towards Julius Malema
- Corruption allegations against Julius Malema and associates
- Comparison of social and political values and principles
Emotional Analysis
The tweets express a range of emotions towards Julius Malema, ranging from gratitude and admiration for his leadership and activism towards LGBTQ+ rights, to criticism and accusations of corruption and hypocrisy. Some tweets also express frustration or disbelief at his priorities, such as marching for LGBTQ+ rights while there are other pressing issues to address. Overall, the tweets reflect a mixed and nuanced perception of Malema and his political actions.
Trend Analysis
- Julius Malema's support for the LGBTQ+ community.
- Julius Malema's political leadership and principles.
- The VBS scandal and allegations against Julius Malema.
- Criticism and controversy surrounding Julius Malema's actions and statements.
- South Africa's political climate and issues of policy, including LGBTQ+ rights and load shedding.
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
1,276
Percentage of total tweets
13%
Number of Original tweets
474
Percentage of total tweets
5%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
9,006
Percentage of total tweets
95%
Number of tweets that were Replies
7,502
Percentage of total tweets
79%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
386
Percentage of total tweets
4%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
561
Percentage of total tweets
5%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
| Source | Count |
|---|---|
| Twitter for Android | 6519 |
| Twitter for iPhone | 1536 |
| Twitter Web App | 1364 |
| Twitter for iPad | 28 |
| Hootsuite Inc. | 7 |
What devices were used to tweet
Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| citizentvkenya | Citizen TV Kenya | Kenya's Premier TV Station. Breaking News / Entertainment / Your Favorite Local TV Shows. Follow us on https://t.co/tPzCCpxeFt | 5,193,284 |
| Julius_S_Malema | Julius Sello Malema | Commander in Chief of Economic Freedom Fighters [EFF] and a Revolutionary activist for radical change in Africa. No Facebook Account. fools get blocked | 3,924,997 |
| ntvuganda | NTV UGANDA | Uganda's leading TV station, fast and first reliable, objective and comprehensive news, plus unrivaled quality programming. A subsidiary of @NationMediaGrp. | 1,986,149 |
| DailyMonitor | Daily Monitor | Official Twitter handle for Daily Monitor newspaper, Uganda's leading independent daily. | 1,581,769 |
| SABreakingNews | SA Breaking News | All the latest breaking news from across South Africa in one stream. info@sabreakingnews.co.za | 949,598 |
| ecr9495 | East Coast Radio | East Coast Radio is KZN’s NO. 1 Hit Music Station📻 | WhatsApp us on 061 792 9495📲 | DStv Audio 836🛰 | Download the #ECRApp📱 | 547,847 |
| Ori_RSA | ツ O R I | Broke UCT Dropout. | 303,077 |
| PinkNews | PinkNews | World’s most read & watched LGBTQ+ digital media publisher. Join @MyPinkNews to support our award winning, robust & meaningful LGBTQ+ media. Snapchat: PinkNews. | 287,596 |
| Beeld_Nuus | Beeld | - | 276,788 |
| GhettoRadio895 | Ghetto Radio | Ghetto Radio's official twitter page. Ghetto Radio 89.5 is the Voice of the Youth & #KenyasNumber1GhettoRadio Listen live https://t.co/bBAI55y7sG | 260,359 |
Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
| Username | Name | Bio | Followers count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ugaman01 | UGAMAN 🔱 | Social Media Influencer | #ClimateActionNow | Forex Markets Sniper. AI is the New Future. | 56,453 |
| Emma_Tsebe | Emma Tsebe 🇿🇦 | Orlando Pirates 🖤🤍 | 55,825 |
| joeselasini | Mamwavi Nkabasia🇹🇿 | 24.5.2012😭😭30.7.2012 | 49,992 |
| SfisoMemela | 🇿🇦 S'fiso Memela | Zulu Kingdom it's where I was born.I am South African PATRIOTIC BEING. | 48,006 |
| Ndakzen | Ndakula | Your first mistake was thinking that I'm one of your sheep. | 46,510 |
| LuckyThobejane9 | Sekhukhune United Stan Account | @Chelseafc | 41,937 |
| vusumuzikhoza | Vusi Khoza | - Member of Parliament (RSA) - Former EFF MPL @ KZN Legislature. - Former EFF KZN Provincial Chairperson. - CCT Member. - Social Activist and a Commissar. | 37,485 |
| Confied | Confy | My life is based on making not only myself happy, but to also care about others... | 36,803 |
| SecretDiary | Secret Diary | Foods, fruits, superfoods, nutrition, energy, vitality, health, healing, natural immunity, wellness, mindset. | 33,091 |
| JoshJosha1 | JoshJosha1🌏 | Official Account of the Director, Dexterous International LTD P.O. Box 24252 Kla-UG. 👉Services●Survey ●Construction, ●Architectural services | 30,092 |
Most active users
| Username | Bio | Number of tweets |
|---|---|---|
| body_larger | you guilty neanderthal cave beasts are watching me 24/7 | 296 |
| b_motsho | - | 60 |
| papangwasuma1 | |Aspiring Commercial farmer| Layers | Broilers| |Pigs|Cattle|Fish|. May all the positive thinking and association follow me to success | 35 |
| MatthewsMahlubi | 🔎 Survival in African city is creating a public space for survival tactics. It is a vibrancy that makes it a more African city. | 27 |
| shakazulubrnr | the hood favourite||equity analysis||esoteric|| | 24 |
| Davidboikanyo1 | - | 23 |
| chax255 | A technocrat | Software Engineer | Java Android Artisan | Front End Learner #100DaysOfCode evengelist | 22 |
| your_uganda | African 👍🏿 Religion is Africa's no.1 problem. If your leader is bad, he might be religious. Religion makes people unbelievably stupid!📌📌📌 | 20 |
| MissSteelo | NOT LOOKING4❤,VERY TAKEN🥰 PS:NO DMs love laughing,int traveller,avid reader,female gun enthusiast,aviation💕.❤my🐖s,will fly my hubby & kids as their 👩✈️🛩 | 20 |
| Unvexed1989 | Of you need to be a man - Be Batman, Anti Feminism - Dislike Cretins - Free Thinking - Anti Moral Corruption - Old-school Man - NO to NEW WORLD AGENDAS!!!!! | 19 |
Tweets per day
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1643441556672724994 | According to your weak brains is this CIC Julius Malema ? https://t.co/6RyuEh3zRi https://t.co/lTiAVS6Cpb | 250 |
| 1643504410180370432 | The Giraffe's View Is Saying: President Of The Republic Of South Africa, H.E Julius Sello Malema... Peeps Must Start On Their High Blood Pressure Medication NOW, So That Y'all Don't Get Heart Attacks Come 2024!!! https://t.co/X9IGeEbAxj | 228 |
| 1643534513614602240 | To my President @Julius_S_Malema, thank you for once again re-affirming to me that if EVER I'm discriminated against for being WHO I AM, it will never slide. The EFF, a place I feel safe as a Gay man. I DO NOT regret signing that solemn oath I took with this organisation. 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈… https://t.co/jDbBtXTwcQ https://t.co/Dv1w64Dgfy | 184 |
| 1643524519070425089 | Did Che & Fidel also (like Malema) steal vulnerable people's money from a bank (VBS), laundered it through fronts (Mahuna), spent the stolen funds on a lodge (Mekete) + other things & then got their things (turntable) at that lodge stolen by other thieves following their example? https://t.co/o6GIpb9jxh | 135 |
| 1643464365591474178 | WIN INSTANT Prizes of up to Kes 50,000💸🎉within 10 Seconds at https://t.co/EDmv7wBrcl🔥 Get the App on via https://t.co/WiVeosRHnt & Deposit as little as Ksh 50bob to start making money TODAY🥳 rigathi gachagua Kofi Annan easy coach Malema Kagame Fofana Klopp Citizen TV Mombasa https://t.co/NlNBBPaKTE | 103 |
| 1643555036553723905 | BREAKING: Immediately after John declared EFF as an enemy, Pauli has been unleashed against Malema. She's regurgitating the same garbage about VBS. Malema called her to a public interview about VBS in 2020 and she chose not to come in fear of embarrassment. https://t.co/fej1VUh44k | 101 |
| 1643465896671735809 | Even if you want to hate julius malema, you will always appreciate that he's the best politician the country have ever seen since the dawn of democracy. https://t.co/HKxOQGxVak | 87 |
| 1643431715493355523 | South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) members led by Julius Malema during a picket against Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill outside Uganda's high commission in Pretoria on April 4, 2023. #MonitorUpdates 📸 AFP https://t.co/cFEYqoVyjn | 78 |
| 1643510771966459906 | These are a few of the horrifying things the British did to native Kenyans 🇰🇪that led to loss of millions of lives. https://t.co/UcThLby37u ^ { UPSA Sheldon Bawumia Jellybum Pelumi yoga fave Kagame Zanzibar uhuru Sithelo Malema Nonku nelisa kofi annan } | 74 |
| 1643481803108360192 | Imagine how ridiculous it would sound if Julius Malema declared the DA as the number 1 enemy of the EFF | 71 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1643534513614602240 | To my President @Julius_S_Malema, thank you for once again re-affirming to me that if EVER I'm discriminated against for being WHO I AM, it will never slide. The EFF, a place I feel safe as a Gay man. I DO NOT regret signing that solemn oath I took with this organisation. 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈… https://t.co/jDbBtXTwcQ https://t.co/Dv1w64Dgfy | 1038 |
| 1643504410180370432 | The Giraffe's View Is Saying: President Of The Republic Of South Africa, H.E Julius Sello Malema... Peeps Must Start On Their High Blood Pressure Medication NOW, So That Y'all Don't Get Heart Attacks Come 2024!!! https://t.co/X9IGeEbAxj | 1011 |
| 1643403284089131010 | South Africa's Julius Malema leads protests against Uganda’s LGBTQ bill https://t.co/BEmHRKPGCr https://t.co/b7SOIMS9XM | 861 |
| 1643441556672724994 | According to your weak brains is this CIC Julius Malema ? https://t.co/6RyuEh3zRi https://t.co/lTiAVS6Cpb | 736 |
| 1643431715493355523 | South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) members led by Julius Malema during a picket against Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill outside Uganda's high commission in Pretoria on April 4, 2023. #MonitorUpdates 📸 AFP https://t.co/cFEYqoVyjn | 631 |
| 1643524519070425089 | Did Che & Fidel also (like Malema) steal vulnerable people's money from a bank (VBS), laundered it through fronts (Mahuna), spent the stolen funds on a lodge (Mekete) + other things & then got their things (turntable) at that lodge stolen by other thieves following their example? https://t.co/o6GIpb9jxh | 434 |
| 1643481803108360192 | Imagine how ridiculous it would sound if Julius Malema declared the DA as the number 1 enemy of the EFF | 396 |
| 1643383940818821121 | @Julius_S_Malema Consequences of open border policy u are not going to find him😂🤣😂🤣 Isiqalile lento iyagqilaza ke manje! | 355 |
| 1643510065423327234 | There’s no water in Sandton & @Julius_S_Malema is busy marching with the pride flaggots as if they’ll help him win an election… Maybe they gave him a erection so he decided to pander for the sake of pandering. This is why you mustn’t abandon your kids with their grand mothers!🤡 | 334 |
| 1643555036553723905 | BREAKING: Immediately after John declared EFF as an enemy, Pauli has been unleashed against Malema. She's regurgitating the same garbage about VBS. Malema called her to a public interview about VBS in 2020 and she chose not to come in fear of embarrassment. https://t.co/fej1VUh44k | 316 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #gayrightsarehumanrights | 57 |
| #malema | 47 |
| #thabobester | 36 |
| #iblewit | 34 |
| #xrepo | 27 |
| #uganda | 24 |
| #tirriestuesday | 23 |
| #nota | 22 |
| #eff | 18 |
| #nikiwe | 17 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Mention | Count |
|---|---|
| @julius_s_malema | 7646 |
| @effsouthafrica | 1349 |
| @eusebius | 437 |
| @keithtopg | 362 |
| @kagutamuseveni | 247 |
| @mbuyisenindlozi | 217 |
| @hillarytaylorvi | 215 |
| @paulivw | 154 |
| @esau_matsiko | 152 |
| @mwesigye95 | 152 |
Top 10 mentions
Wordcloud of Tweets
Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
54
Emojis used in tweets
| Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
|---|---|---|
| 🤣 | 1334 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
| 😂 | 1023 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
| 🤔 | 163 | thinking_face |
| 😭 | 149 | loudly_crying_face |
| 🇺🇬 | 105 | Uganda |
| 🚮 | 105 | litter_in_bin_sign |
| 🙄 | 74 | face_with_rolling_eyes |
| 😅 | 73 | grinning_face_with_sweat |
| 🤡 | 65 | clown_face |
| ❤️ | 55 | red_heart |
Emojis groups
| Emoji Group | Count |
|---|---|
| Smileys & Emotion | 3634 |
| People & Body | 747 |
| Flags | 245 |
| Symbols | 228 |
| Objects | 114 |
| Travel & Places | 100 |
| Activities | 55 |
| Animals & Nature | 38 |
| Food & Drink | 13 |