Ziyanda Nkunjana nominated for best content creator at Emerge Africa Awards
Fashion and lifestyle storyteller Ziyanda Nkunjana’s nomination marks a powerful moment for authentic African and village-centered storytelling
Kudi Maradzika’s Bad Influencer captures Joburg’s counterfeit glamour
With an all-star cast, the seven-part Netflix series unpacks fame, fraud and female empowerment in the modern African cityscape
Digital occupation: How surveillance technologies repress dissent from Gaza to Cape Town
This creeping form of observation marks a dangerous evolution in how power is exercised and dissent controlled
Unfiltered and unfinished: How social media reveals South Africa’s struggles with racism
Racist posts can go viral in seconds, showing the world that South Africa’s divisions are not history, and reminding us that we still have work to do
Imagining a better digital public sphere
X, Facebook and Instagram exercise ordinate and often pernicious power, which must be contested and socially enriching alternatives developed
Dawid Malan is the best player in cricket
He consistently scores lots of runs and is popular on social media
Buy Instagram Views: A game-changer for your journey
It’s a quick way to boost your brand’s presence in a very crowded space
Sjava has his sights set on a Grammy
But the local muso clarifies that he has not been nominated yet but is being considered for the awards
Objects of Desire: Little luxuries
H&M taps Rich Mnisi, while candles provide a ‘scents’ of place
Hacked in a nano-second
Ryan Enslin spent 10 years curating his Instagram account only to have it hacked in seconds.
Activists file case against Meta over Tigray hate posts
A Tigrayan father and academic had been targeted by racist messages on Facebook and was murdered in November 2021. Petition says the social media giant had failed to remove the…
Unforgettable social media moments
To meme or not to meme is the question … we pick some stand-out posts
The metaverse: colonial fantasies of the wild West
Whether it becomes reality or just another fad, the metaverse misadventure is another indictment of the capitalist system and American empire
Socially Queer: LGBTIQ+ content creators you should know
If you don’t know of them already, be sure to follow our selection of some of South Africa’s top LGBTIQ+ content creators, from Letlhogonolo Mokgoroane to Thando Hlophe
Facebook face plants
This outage comes at a precarious time for Facebook, which is still navigating the fallout of whistleblower Frances Haugen accusing the company of prioritising profits over…