Appendix 1 – Mcebo Dlamini’s Speech
MCEBO DLAMINI:
The cry of animal does not make sense The cry of animal does not have value
The cry of animal does not spark or put a feeling in any individual That’s why then when you slaughter an animal, it does not matter.
No matter how much it cries And that’s what we are
Cause racism is not just prejudice Prejudice is:
‘I hate you because you are Muslim I hate you because y6ou are a woman I hate you because you are that and that But racism is a power dynamic system CROWD:
[Hum in agreement]
Hmm
MCEBO DLAMINI:
One has got to have power not just to an individual but to people as a collective group, for that person to qualify to be a racist.
Hence black people can never be racist CROWD:
[Jeers]
[Claps]
UNKNOWN FEMALE VOICE:
We have been saying
We have been saying, they don’t listen
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MCEBO DLAMINI:
[Inaudible]
What power do black people have?
Than to instill power to whiteness To instill fear to whiteness
That’s the only power we have We instill fear to whiteness MCEBO DLAMINI:
But then, what does whiteness have:
The land power The economic power
UNKNOWN FEMALE VOICE:
[Hums in agreement]
MCEBO DLAMINI:
The social power
They decide social standards Standards of beauty
Everything that exists in this country, culture, they decide how it operates Where it operates and when it operates
That’s power
UNKNOWN FEMALE VOICE:
Yho!
MCEBO DLAMINI:
But we are moving
We leave you with those words, that when you think now, you won’t think based on other assumptions that have to do with colour
But based on what we have said with that is to do with our minds CROWD:
[Jeers.] Yes!
[Clapping]
MCEBO DLAMINI:
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I thank you very much.
Appendix 2 – Decolonized National Anthem
Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika [Lord bless Africa]
Maluphakanyisw' uphondo lwayo, [May her glory be lifted high,]
Yizwa imithandazo yethu, [Hear our prayers]
Nkosi sikelela, thina lusapho lwayo.
[Lord bless us, your children.]
Sibe moya munye
[Be one voice/ become united]
Nama sekunzima emhlabeni
[Even when it is difficult in life/ Even when have struggles]
Sihlukunyezwa kabuhlungu
[We are mistreated/ suffer harsh treatment Nkosi siphamandla okungoba
[God give us strength to overcome]
Silwe naSatane [To fight Satan]
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Appendix 3 – Overview of Influential Users
Table 1 - Week 1 and 2 - Influential Nodes
WEEK 1
Eigenvector CentralityBetweeness
Centrality Authority 30/09/16 @kaveels @jabu_johnson @indie_impimpi 01/10/16 @FeesMustFallWC @BlackKnightRSA @GlenLewisSA 02/10/16 @WitsSRC @SakinaKamwendo @WitsSRC 03/10/16 @afrokanse @thedailyvox
@ForeverShakes
@afrokanse
04/10/16 @StembileCel @thedailyvox @WitsSRC
05/10/16 @UJFMF @SakinaKamwendo @nomsa_maseko
06/10/16 @WitsSRC @thedailyvox @WitsSRC
WEEK 2
Eigenvector CentralityBetweeness
Centrality Authority
07/10/16 - @BMFNational @LindokulhuXulu1
08/10/16 @SihleDLK @Adamitv @ LindokulhuXulu1 09/10/16 @SihleDLK @Faghrudean_W @Adamitv
10/10/16 @simamkeleD @SakinaKamwendo @NeoMotloung_
11/10/16 @WitsSRC @QIsmail @Adamitv
12/10/16 @Emelomotsai @SABCNewsOnline @Adamitv 13/10/16 @kaveels @thedailyvox @kaveels
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WEEK 1
In Degree Out Degree Hub30/09/16 @kaveels @tmurithi12 @oliver_meth 01/10/16 @SihleDLK @iesu_manifesto -
02/10/16 @WitsSRC @raf_neck @YusufAliTukule 03/10/16 @afrokanse @CandiceChewyC @TokoTekay 04/10/16 @SthembileCel @CandiceChewyC @ogchilla 05/10/16 @nomsa_maseko @tmurithi12 @tmurithi12
06/10/16 @WitsSRC @raf_neck @mamaduza
WEEK 2
In Degree Out Degree Hub07/10/16 @LindokulhuXulu1 @BMFNational @lizlee_mazibuko 08/10/16 @LindokulhuXulu1 @tmurithi12 @tmurithi12
09/10/16 @SihleDLK @QIsmail @PEACActivist
10/10/16 @NeoMotloung_ @Iare_Voldermort @ForeverShakes 11/10/16 @WitsSRC @tshepokingapple @Adamitv
12/10/16 @WitsFMF @kutlwano_kaykay @lyubomirablohi2 13/10/16 @kaveels @death_to_self @death_to_self
Table 2-Week 1 and 2 - Node Behaviour
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Appendix 4 – Most Retweeted Tweets (with images) Week 1 30/09/2016 – 06/10/2016
Most Retweeted Tweets
30/09/2016 RT @SureKamhunga: From #FeesMustFall to #stopRacismAtPretoriaGirlsHigh.. All led by brave young women
RT @PearlPillay: A student who had a stun grenade explode on her. Who are the real thugs here? #Fees2017 #FeesMustFall #Wits
01/10/2016 Students offloaded their #FeesMustFall frustrations on Sundowns #MTN8Final
#feesmustfall -3-Sundowns-0
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02/10/2016 RT @RediTlhabi: Let it be recorded that it was not #FeesMustFall that started fire. It waa [was] youths wearing Sasco and ANC tshirts.
RT @JustZweli: South Africa DOES NOT have money problems, it has MONEY MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS! #FeesMustFall #unionbuilding
03/10/2016 RT @indie_impimpi: At Wits right now. Fees strangling student #FeesMustFall
RT @MbuyiseniNdlozi: Whatever happens remember this: Unity in struggle is the only guarantee of victory! ƒ????•¨ #FeesMustFall
04/10/2016 RT @Adamitv: The #ANC @MYANC has betrayed the poor and principles of the
#FreedomCharter e.g. #FeesMustFall #Poverty #Inequality
RT @Julius_S_Malema: The time for free education is now, the police brutality will never succeed in suppressing a noble course #FeesMustFall
05/10/2016 RT @Adamitv: Do you support the right of students to protest peacefully to ensure
#FreeEducation for the #Poor? #FeesMustFall
RT @nomsa_maseko: #FeesMustFall What a shot! (Marco Longari/AFP)
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06/10/2016 RT @BongoMuffing: I'm tearing up. The white human shield. This is both incredibly beautiful and incredibly sad. #FeesMustFall
RT @ericsayz: How to quickly deal with white privilege... #FMF #FeesMustFall [image unavailable]
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Week 2 Week 2: 07/10/2016 – 13/10/2016 Most Retweeted Tweet
07/10/2016 RT @BongoMuffing: I'm tearing up. The white human shield. This is both incredibly beautiful and incredibly sad.
RT @Adamitv: Do you support the right of students to protest peacefully to ensure
#FreeEducation for the #Poor? #FeesMustFall
08/10/2016 RT @BongoMuffing: I'm tearing up. The white human shield. This is both incredibly beautiful and incredibly sad.
RT @Julius_S_Malema: We all know who sold our parents dreams in 1994 and promised free education, that should be a target. #FeesMustFall
09/10/2016 RT @samalamsammidge: People need to see this. #FeesMustFall #WitsFeesWILLFall Beautiful voices to unite us...
RT @Adamitv: #SJM invites #Student #Leaders of #FeesMustFall to a meeting to discuss solutions for #FreeEducation for the #Poor
10/10/2016 RT @IAmAFallist: I'm crying [crying faces] #FeesMustFall #UCTshutdown
#BringBackOurCadres
http://bit.ly/2xYbjOW - link to video
Please refer to transcription of this video (Appendix 1)
RT @Adamitv: The demand by @witsfmf #FeesMustFall students that "power" must meet them in public shows arrogance or ignorance of student leadership. #FMF
11/10/2016 RT @NomzamoMbatha: To those who say "stop using apartheid as an excuse, it ended two decades ago.." ... Please see below???? #FeesMustFall