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President’s Q&A: An ANC death knell?

Acumen Media's Tonya Khoury checks out social media posts for an analysis of the session.

by Tonya Khoury
September 8, 2023
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It seems most of the public chose to follow the EFF’s lead in boycotting the Presidential Q&A, which on its own recorded a dismal amount of mentions over the past seven days.

The net sentiment towards the session was an appalling, -74.7%, with almost a quarter of total sentiment being negative.  The ANC’s X page drove over a third of the engagement followed by the TimesLIVE Facebook page with a live stream of the proceedings.

By contrast the EFF boycott of the event drew 350 mentions and 1.3K engagements by 336 unique authors.

‣ Presidency and Government Accountability:  President Cyril Ramaphosa answering MPs’ questions in parliament discussed the development of the 2019 Manifesto through a Q&A session and engaged with editors, senior correspondents, academics, and analysts.

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) boycotted the Q&A session due to their dissatisfaction with the President’s leadership and allegations of mediocrity within his cabinet.

‣ Parliamentary Proceedings Coverage showed Members of Parliament arriving at Good Hope Chamber and mentions of Section 92(2) of the Constitution stipulating that Members of the Executive are accountable to Parliament.

‣ International Relations and Diplomacy focused on the BRICS summit and its potential benefits for South Africa, yet the President sidestepped questions about Zimbabwe’s elections and opposition leader, John Steenhuisen raised concerns about gender inequality among new BRICS members Saudi Arabia and Iran.

‣ The President briefly addressed questions regarding Lifestyle Audits of Members of the Executive and Public Representatives and provided some clarity on policies supporting and expediting the devolution of passenger rail to competent metros.

‣ Social media reactions and public opinion included X (Twitter) users who expressed their opinions on the events and issues discussed during the Q&A session and called for transparency and accountability in government, particularly regarding lifestyle audits and Phala Phala Farmgate.

Is this the death knell of the ANC?

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An Experienced Managing Director and Media Spokesperson with a demonstrated history of working in the marketing and advertising analytics industries. Skilled in Digital Strategy, Sales, Corporate Communications, Market Research, Media Measurement and Management. Good media skills backed by strong data have found Khoury and her companies as regular guests on various media shows highlighting big media conversations. Khoury has also recently acquired the title of #CoVidder!

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