Account Summary
Bio
Host of SAFM Sunrise on @SAfmRadio. Presenter on @Newzroom405. Politics addict. Writer at https://t.co/RJ9jyHp2GE. Alleged cyclist. Email: GrootesSM@SABC.co.za
Followers Count
353,569
Friends Count
832
Tweets Count
19,159
List Count
826
Location
Johannesburg
Verified
No
Followers Analysis (based on followers sample)
Verified
Number of Verified accounts
163
Percentage of Verified accounts
0.16%
Protected
Number of Protected accounts
6,553
Percentage of Protected accounts
6.55%
Age
Average Age of Twitter accounts
5 years
Bios
Number of users without a Bio
42,523
Number of users with a Bio
57,477
Percentage of users with a Bio
57.48%
Percentage of users without a Bio
42.52%
Worldcloud of Bios
Top 10 followers with the highest follower count
| Username | Followers Count | Friends Count | Tweet Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| JohnCena | 14105728 | 568305 | 7443 |
| IOL | 657909 | 11146 | 397874 |
| advocatemahere | 653549 | 4663 | 43586 |
| daddyhope | 578915 | 3613 | 43684 |
| VusiThembekwayo | 569993 | 2985 | 52804 |
| Solphendukaa | 546564 | 1844 | 7097 |
| Newzroom405 | 542293 | 741 | 69201 |
| MasechabaAfrica | 530208 | 4500 | 34156 |
| justicemalala | 462409 | 976 | 21997 |
| flysaa | 445262 | 2684 | 12354 |
Top 10 followers with the highest following count
| Username | Friends Count | Followers Count | Tweet Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| JohnCena | 568305 | 14105728 | 7443 |
| Lean3JvV | 217665 | 365951 | 8393 |
| SSscoop475 | 212676 | 241387 | 855887 |
| BillionMagazine | 159465 | 246511 | 6159 |
| DrHubaEvaluator | 139207 | 127611 | 192699 |
| SA_Heroes | 114183 | 148135 | 12128 |
| Nathimlotshwa | 79373 | 88010 | 37941 |
| IndianSportFan | 63018 | 73175 | 20679 |
| Mnisi95Sizwe | 56079 | 54448 | 120573 |
| Rakgadi_EM | 49716 | 58331 | 215757 |
Top 10 followers with the highest tweet count
| Username | Tweets Count | Followers Count | Friends Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSscoop475 | 855887 | 241387 | 212676 |
| kalkua1 | 413694 | 4576 | 4577 |
| IOL | 397874 | 657909 | 11146 |
| vuyosimawo_ | 365224 | 33011 | 32787 |
| Ms_Onesimo | 355090 | 8513 | 2362 |
| ScuffleThe | 350531 | 1576 | 4972 |
| DiscoNicholas | 281365 | 23191 | 23141 |
| ali_naka | 276491 | 223176 | 23928 |
| Botik61945648 | 244315 | 6936 | 3266 |
| RK_Mayekisa | 241243 | 23107 | 22375 |
Top 10 followers with the highest listed count
| Username | Listed Count | Friends Count | Followers Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| JohnCena | 31690 | 568305 | 14105728 |
| IOL | 1881 | 11146 | 657909 |
| DrHubaEvaluator | 1824 | 139207 | 127611 |
| AfricaCheck | 1147 | 5527 | 84882 |
| BillionMagazine | 1058 | 159465 | 246511 |
| Adamitv | 932 | 46329 | 89444 |
| brbrasseur | 855 | 31055 | 100213 |
| Lean3JvV | 739 | 217665 | 365951 |
| AfricaCDC | 693 | 4915 | 146744 |
| RohitKachrooITV | 656 | 2827 | 23323 |
Tweets Analysis
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
500
Earliest tweet was on
2022-03-14
Latest tweet was on
2023-04-06
Tweets covering
387 days
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
3
Percentage of total tweets
0%
Number of Original tweets
493
Percentage of total tweets
98%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
492
Percentage of total tweets
98%
Number of tweets that were Replies
4
Percentage of total tweets
0%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
0
Percentage of total tweets
0%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
477
Percentage of total tweets
95%
Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
| ID | Text | Retweet count |
|---|---|---|
| 1635854081020538884 | The student who received R14-million and didn’t return it, Sibongile Mani, has been elected Treasurer of the convocation committee of Walter Sisulu University. She is currently appealing a conviction for theft. Would you trust her with money? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 212 |
| 1572436204611686400 | A senior police officer says taxi associations in the Eastern Cape are demanding a bus company pay them “fees” to operate, and if they don’t charge more they will attack their busses. Can taxi associations get away with it? How should we respond? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 161 |
| 1613386033357328387 | As we are hit again by Stage 6 load shedding, Standard Bank CEO Sim Tshabalala says we should consider an international candidate to take over from Andre de Ruyter at Eskom. Should we consider someone from outside South Africa? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 156 |
| 1600340070304653314 | It now appears Eskom is going to ask you to pay 38% more for electricity. It has huge debt and many people and councils are not paying for the power they use. Can Eskom justify this increase? How should we as a country pay for electricity? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 133 |
| 1584757392159408128 | Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula says they need to cancel nearly 200 000 drivers licenses because of corruption. Is your drivers license legit? Where did you get it? How was the experience? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 117 |
| 1528949660554915840 | Cities like Joburg and Cape Town want to procure their own electricity, to reduce their reliance on Eskom. This would change the national grid dramatically. Should cities take over power production and distribution? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 109 |
| 1539821296598388736 | The Zondo Commission says people like Duduzane Zuma, Ace Magashule, Mosebenzi Zwane and Arthur Fraser must be prosecuted. It wants real structural change to our politics. How do we ensure change happens? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 102 |
| 1590555598042517504 | The Stellenbosch inquiry found white students and staff avoid conversations around transformation. Do white people avoid this deliberately? Why? Is it because they feel they have nothing to gain? How do we have proper meaningful discussions about change? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 100 |
| 1582220676823277568 | The man arrested for allegedly killing Bokgabo Poo was out on bail. There are other cases where people free on bail have committed more crimes…and others like Shepherd Bushuri who escaped while on bail. Should we change our laws on bail? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 95 |
| 1555403974953422848 | The banking group Investec says it will now pay around R2mn to provide security for each of its executive directors. What does this tell us about our society? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 92 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Reply count
| ID | Text | Reply count |
|---|---|---|
| 1613386033357328387 | As we are hit again by Stage 6 load shedding, Standard Bank CEO Sim Tshabalala says we should consider an international candidate to take over from Andre de Ruyter at Eskom. Should we consider someone from outside South Africa? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 1034 |
| 1568087550077669378 | How do you feel about the passing of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 831 |
| 1635854081020538884 | The student who received R14-million and didn’t return it, Sibongile Mani, has been elected Treasurer of the convocation committee of Walter Sisulu University. She is currently appealing a conviction for theft. Would you trust her with money? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 779 |
| 1620996178501304325 | If you had one billion rand to spend to make South Africa better, what would you do? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 600 |
| 1569899615364825090 | Advocate Dali Mpofu has told the Chair of Parliament’s Public Protector Committee Richard Dynatyi that “You will pay one day”, and that he is making a threat and a promise. How do you view this? Is Mpofu just angry at injustice? Is he crossing the line? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 429 |
| 1516266085313507332 | President Cyril Ramaphosa says none of the money meant to help the victims of the flooding will be stolen. Who in our society do you trust to manage the flood-relief funds? Why? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 352 |
| 1584395004096618496 | President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will change the state to prevent state capture from happening again. What action would convince you that he is serious? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 344 |
| 1638753183727255553 | Electricity Minister Kgosientso Ramokgopa is touring Eskom’s power stations. He says that technical problems and not corruption is responsible for load shedding. Do you agree with him? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 289 |
| 1597440967279316992 | Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter told us yesterday criminality in power stations is costing us at least one or two stages of load shedding. How do we clean it up? What action should we take? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 284 |
| 1579321574045294592 | Fmr President Jacob Zuma’s private prosecution against the prosecutor Billy Downer and the journalist Karyn Maughan starts today. Should he be allowed to prosecute the prosecutor prosecuting him? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 273 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Quote count
| ID | Text | Quote count |
|---|---|---|
| 1613386033357328387 | As we are hit again by Stage 6 load shedding, Standard Bank CEO Sim Tshabalala says we should consider an international candidate to take over from Andre de Ruyter at Eskom. Should we consider someone from outside South Africa? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 207 |
| 1568087550077669378 | How do you feel about the passing of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 125 |
| 1635854081020538884 | The student who received R14-million and didn’t return it, Sibongile Mani, has been elected Treasurer of the convocation committee of Walter Sisulu University. She is currently appealing a conviction for theft. Would you trust her with money? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 117 |
| 1516266085313507332 | President Cyril Ramaphosa says none of the money meant to help the victims of the flooding will be stolen. Who in our society do you trust to manage the flood-relief funds? Why? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 69 |
| 1620996178501304325 | If you had one billion rand to spend to make South Africa better, what would you do? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 66 |
| 1584757392159408128 | Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula says they need to cancel nearly 200 000 drivers licenses because of corruption. Is your drivers license legit? Where did you get it? How was the experience? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 49 |
| 1597440967279316992 | Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter told us yesterday criminality in power stations is costing us at least one or two stages of load shedding. How do we clean it up? What action should we take? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 49 |
| 1622808117741338624 | Some schools are being urged to stop using the phrases “Head Girl” and “Head Boy”, and to move away from using gender terms. Our society is changing. How should schools manage issues around gender, and gender fluidity? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 49 |
| 1542358011632529410 | Stage 6 load shedding is hurting everyone, and the finger-pointing has started. Does the blame game help? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 48 |
| 1590555598042517504 | The Stellenbosch inquiry found white students and staff avoid conversations around transformation. Do white people avoid this deliberately? Why? Is it because they feel they have nothing to gain? How do we have proper meaningful discussions about change? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 48 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
| ID | Text | Like count |
|---|---|---|
| 1613386033357328387 | As we are hit again by Stage 6 load shedding, Standard Bank CEO Sim Tshabalala says we should consider an international candidate to take over from Andre de Ruyter at Eskom. Should we consider someone from outside South Africa? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 1147 |
| 1528949660554915840 | Cities like Joburg and Cape Town want to procure their own electricity, to reduce their reliance on Eskom. This would change the national grid dramatically. Should cities take over power production and distribution? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 1012 |
| 1635854081020538884 | The student who received R14-million and didn’t return it, Sibongile Mani, has been elected Treasurer of the convocation committee of Walter Sisulu University. She is currently appealing a conviction for theft. Would you trust her with money? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 777 |
| 1539821296598388736 | The Zondo Commission says people like Duduzane Zuma, Ace Magashule, Mosebenzi Zwane and Arthur Fraser must be prosecuted. It wants real structural change to our politics. How do we ensure change happens? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 456 |
| 1582220676823277568 | The man arrested for allegedly killing Bokgabo Poo was out on bail. There are other cases where people free on bail have committed more crimes…and others like Shepherd Bushuri who escaped while on bail. Should we change our laws on bail? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 441 |
| 1516266085313507332 | President Cyril Ramaphosa says none of the money meant to help the victims of the flooding will be stolen. Who in our society do you trust to manage the flood-relief funds? Why? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 423 |
| 1550330544738615296 | Former President Thabo Mbeki says that we are now at risk of an Arab Spring uprising, and that there is no plan to get us out of our economic crisis. Do you agree? How do we avoid more upheaval? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 392 |
| 1584757392159408128 | Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula says they need to cancel nearly 200 000 drivers licenses because of corruption. Is your drivers license legit? Where did you get it? How was the experience? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 382 |
| 1612298995476348931 | In so many places in our nation there is so much litter. Why? Is it us? Is our councils? How do we change it? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 357 |
| 1572436204611686400 | A senior police officer says taxi associations in the Eastern Cape are demanding a bus company pay them “fees” to operate, and if they don’t charge more they will attack their busses. Can taxi associations get away with it? How should we respond? #SAfmSunrise @SAfmRadio | 348 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets
Top 10 Hashtags used
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| #safmsunrise | 477 |
| #mediatedconversation | 183 |
| #safm | 2 |
| #weekendview | 2 |
| #mediatedconversations | 1 |
| #mediatedconversatiion | 1 |
| #mediatedconverasation | 1 |
| #mediatedconference | 1 |
| #mediatedconversationupdate | 1 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets
Top 10 mentions
| Hashtag | Count |
|---|---|
| @safmradio | 455 |
| @safmsunrise | 20 |
| @newzroom405 | 10 |
| @stephengrootes | 1 |
Top 10 mentions
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