Acumen Media has unveiled this week's stories making headlines on social media. It's all about inquiries with the State Capture Inquiry, Mokgoro Inquiry and the PIC Inquiry making up a combined 40% of the week's top 10 stories.
The 'Please Call Me' debacle reached the national consciousness this week as Panyaza Lesufi led the Vodacom shutdown in Nkosana Makate's fight against the telecoms company. Western Cape Premier Helen Zille once again caused a commotion on social media, this time calling for a tax revolt.
Political parties have started revving up their electioneering, and citizens are raising suspicion, as the 2019 Elections approach. The SABC's failure to pay employees along with its cancellation of retrenchment plans had many talking.
Many expressed distaste at AfriForum's announcement that it would appeal the conviction and sentencing in the Coligny murder. The World Economic Forum and the political unravelings in Zimbabwe have started losing steam amongst South Africans.
